The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 19, 1941, Page 1

| | Pee hee VOLUME LXIL. No. 223. s GRR eee (come mmaease Funds Appropriated To CPP PDI OSIM S Fix Up Quarters At! Golden Eagle Hall For! j WPA Sewing Room | 8. cently adopted budget for the en-| suing term was passed on its | initial reading at the regular meeting of the City Council last night. An amendment increasing the Pay of two captains and ees + met was favorably passed. The} increases were overlooked when | other city employes were sive IOI IIS SI OF 8 Pay raises. | The amendment affects Cap- | tains Milton Roberts and Oscar | Cruz and Lieutenants Cleveland | Dillon and Albert Brady of No. ! 1 station and a member of No. 3! station. i The captains in the future will! receive $115 per month, while! the pay of the lieutenants is fixed at $110 per month. Mr. MacCready, representing the John Nuveen Bonding Com- pany of Chicago, addressed the | council, Mr. MacCready told the members that his company, which , is handling the matter of the‘ Citytaking- over’The Key West: Electric Company, “needs more | time to get the proposition going, due to certain holdups. He re- quested the company be given’ an extension of sixty days in or-' der to negotiate request was granted. ! Mayor Willard Albury inform-| ed the council that Police Officer | Lgon- McFarland had tendered | his resignation, same having been accepted. | Eddie Gomez, supervisor of! registration, informed the coun- cil he had appointed J. Frank ; Fleitas as assistant supervisor to! help in handling registration for | the city election. The appoint-/ ment was confirmed by the board. | - It was ordered that $75 be ap- | propriated for repairing quarters in the Golden Eagle Hall for} housing a Sewing Room, project. 2 Escaped Convicts | Shot In Bank Theft ' senonleenn { (By Ausoctated Prensa) 4 TOPEKA, Kas.; Sept. 19.—Two | escaped Kansas prison convicts | were shot dead at Macksville by) ——-_—_——nennnnns | size of dice, Pull them and state bureau of investigation of-| and bang my head against. Lucky} you punch a hole in a carbon ficers while attempting to rob a|the designer thought to pad| diovide gas’ cartridge. Then bank. Jay S. Parker, state’s attorney | general, said the convicts, George ; positive genius for sitting down) to be saved from drowning. If 1 and | we get a ducking in that ice fused to obey the agents’ com-/ knocking flare pistols sky-wind-| water down there I wonder Hight and Frank Wutherick, re-} mands to put up their hands and} reached for their guns. i Hight and Wutherick partici- pated in a break from the Kan-/ sas penitentiary at Lansing last} May. | i ice For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West DEFENSE UNITS IN NEED OF HOUSING | List your spare room s0 that a worker in one of the government's defense activi- fies here may get the rest he needs to do his job. You will be doing your patriotic duty if you will list your room or apartment with the Homes Registration Of- fice. You may do so by telephoning 690, or, if you are in the vicinity, call at the office in the La Concha hotel. You will be aiding our na- tion to become the “arensal of Democracy” that Presi- dent Roosevelt urges. Once again, the telephone number is 690. BARUCH HEARD (ty Annoeiated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. and prices can prevent inflation. The former defense director said present legislation before the house is a step in the right direc- tion, but_he termed it “piece-) meal.” Real control, “he told the com- shiny nickeJs:on the line, enough would reduce defense|to pay his fees and have some mittee, costs by 20 per cent. ON UNCLE By MORGAN M. BEATTY. AP Feature Service Writer } ABOARD U.S. NAVY PA-j;were moving day aboard a flying ; ‘TROL BOMBER OVER THE AT-: boarding house, } LANTIC, Sept. 19.—Jonah in the | turns out to be convenience, the that Russia is endangering rela~ to way these men go about their tions between the two countries, | | whale is perfectly plausible the crew of a navy flying boat.|work. This big whale belly is |said That’s the shape of their work- shop, and you've got to play) tning's fastened down, including |Sels struck the drifting mines. corkscrew to get around inside. The men around me savvy the | permitted | ‘a WPA (crooks and turns, That makes it) near the compartment carrying | Russians take immediate steps to| boards to employ regulatly cer- | simple for them, but I find dozens | the fuel lines»; j jof gadgets to step on, trip over, THIRD OF SERIES This is the third of five articles by Morgan M. Beat- ty, AP writer, on the U. 5, Navy's Iceland Patrol. some of these objects. I seem to have developed a on vration-filled seabags ing into the solarium—that’s ; what they call the blisters on the! life would really be worth- fuselage aft. It’s bright and sun- ny out there. It’s the home of the gunners. Things seem confused, as if it Aasetican Federation Of Labor — Seamen Stand Ready For Strike (My Associated Préxs) ! _WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. —! 19. — Bernard M, Baruch, head of the | | war industries board in the days of the last war, today informed a house banking committee that only an over-all eeiling on wages The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941 Cf 6 6 ee eed REPORTS: HAVING ‘NO NEWS’ TODAY (By Associated Preaa) HYDE PARK. N. Y.. Sept. 19.—President Roosevelt, who | came here today with the ; giant $3,500,000,000 defense | tax bill ready for his signa- ture, told newsmen today 48 hours might not be too long for him to consider the meas- ure before making it law. | The chief executive told | the newsmen for the first time in months he had no news. wsernnecen ‘BRITISH TROOPS . | | SHOW STRENGTH CAIRO, Sept. 19. — British | troops, after demonstrating their |strength in a parade through the jIran capital of Teheran, have taken up positions on the out-, |skirts of the city, it was reported! | i | | | | | today. { | Russian troops made a similar | |demonstration around the capital, | ibut they, too, marched back to! | positions outside the city. | The British are said to have| Skoda machine | gun works in Teheran: | | | Pays College Fee | Again With Nickels | OMe Aawactnted Premed { STATE COLLEGE, Miss., Sept. |. ould be endangered if they con-/laborers named a grievance com-|any information about the status | 19.—Sam Arnold Coggin, of Net- tleton, who as a freshman last year paid his entrance fees at Mississippi State College with a sack full of nickels, is back | again. : } Sam registeeed for ,his. sopho- {more year and again laid 2400; (CHAIRS = SAM'S NAVY PLANE but confusion | fantastically compact. There’s a place for everything, and every- ! {ash trays and anchors. Smoking’s | everywhere except vi Every inch of space is taken | up by something, Neat squares | of canvas tacked to. the hull | carry most of the stowage, in- | cluding the yellow life jackets. | These are rubber contraptions. | Dangling down from them are two pieces of plastic\about the | your belt blows up like a pout- | er pigeom and you're supposed | whether that ten minutes of while. There's no mistaknig the wing de-icing mixture and drinking | water, or vice versa, Everything’s labeled but the paper towel rack. ; That’s a recent addition, screw- ed to the back of the meck’s (me- chanic’s) chair in the tower. You ; “wash” your hands with these towels. | The tower is a flying dash | ard. It’s tucked in the oes where the. fuselage fastens on to \the wing.’..There’s room enough for duplicate sets of all the in- j Twenty thousand Amerikan Fea % struments in front of the pilot up ; eration of Labor seamen will walk! ‘front. The meck’s chair hangs j off their job if the maritime com-} mission carries out its threat of seizing 11 strke-bound ships in; the Gulf of Mexico, the union de- clared today. i The strike, holding up the 11 ships and three which already have been seized by the commis-; sion, came when seamen de-| manded additional bonuses for “duty in “dangerous” waters off the Atlantic coast. ‘The union said all waters of the Atlantic now might be considered in the war zone, should be worked out accord-) ingly. ; {Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 19.— Five Key West residents have been awarded Florida teaching certificates recently, Colin Eng- lish said. today. Mrs. Marion S. Stark and Mrs. Florence R. Mickler received certificates based on four years of college training, and Miss Mar- garet L. Dexter, Mrs. Ethea K. Stricker and Mrs. Mary R. and bonuses Sweeting received certificates '] opening Wednesday morning. based on two years of college preparation, - ‘Continued On Page Four) { Bee A HOLIDAY NOTICE |. Stores will be closed all day MONDAY AND i TUESDAY ‘} for JEWISH HOLIDAYS, re- jinto Key West in 10 squad cars last night, today promised the Arrive To Afford: Protection For Workers On Defense Jobs Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer, his are entering the station, | | | | but, ! pointed out that only the navy de-| deputies backed by a force of} partment at Washington, with| state road patrolmen who rolled | Presidential approval, could make | it possible for him to send men} into the city on guard duty. | Mbre than 1,000 common labor- | ers, meanwhile, failed to report | “fullest possible protection” for | for work this morning in the wake ‘of a meeting at the courthouse! civil service carpenters who jast night when about 300 of their charged they were threatened by | Umber voted to “go fishing” in; 2 support of their old.demand for strikers and warned ‘to stay mise bees cents pay scale. a \Didn't-Warn-Navy vasaipsndeins Licut.Comdr. Henry Ls Natt, The sheriff's statement came! navy public relations ‘officer, said, after a delegation of the civil serv-| the navy +had-received nio demand ice men had complained to Capt. | from the laborers:for a wage in- crease.’ The: navy's: first intima-; ANYWAY, HE TRIED! tion the laborers might join the| Labor trouble, which has ‘tied up work on $2,500,000 in carpenters in walking out, he said, was a rumor which reached the office of Lieut. Franklin G. Jan- sen, assistant public works of- navy defense projects, this morning spread to the E. B. Anderson company’s Lime Commander Naff said 12 labor- Grove housing project—but ,ers reported for work this morn- off the job today with the {present scale of 50 cents an hour! announcement. “We've ‘withastrike in July. They de- ficer, at about 5 o'clock yesterday | not too seriously, jing. } afternoon. A single laborer marched (| The laborers attained their | struck.” |manded 62% cents at that time, | ‘Everybody else kept on (but agreed to take the compromise | working. {until the navy had been given! | time to arrange for a study of the | Russell S. Crenshaw, navy station ; larger demand. A commandant, that their safety} At last night’s meeting, the | tinued to work at the station. mittee, with T. W. Weaver as} Captain Crenshaw promised|chairman, but Commander Naff; full protection for the men while/|said today the committee had not} they are on the job and while they! (Continued on Page Four) j i tweet | Enters Protest Against Mines tl Floating About In Sea Of Japan: s (My Asnociated Press) i J SENT OUT | TOKIO, Sept. 19.—Japan’s for- 1 4 eign office has delivered a stiffly | } worded note to Moscow in pro-; - FOR INSTRUCTORS test against the presence of float- | 3 % ing mimes in the Sea of Japan, it! she IE waaay : was announced authoritatively; (Specin. tu The Citizen) here today. _ | TALLAHASSEE, Sept: 19.—j The Japanese note, declaring The training of physically handi- jcapped children’ is being held up nine fishermen on two Jap-|in several Florida counties by lack | anese boats have lost their lives in! of instructors, and: State Super- | ‘intendent Colin English has is- |sued an appeal for qualified ap- Japan will insist, the note was, plicants. reported to have said, that the! State the last month when their ° ves- law requires — school clear mines out of the area. eseae: a2 teachers who have had | six college hours-of-special train- (My Agacetgted Presa? ling, or experiénee’in teaching NEW YORK,,, Sept... 19.—Fifty | physically handicapped ‘pupils. members of the, Russian embassy | Applicants® so" qualified should in Tokio and their families today communicate‘ at dnte with Claud were reported to. have Jeft.. the|/Mo' Andrews, “state “ supervisor country suddenly for the Sovietiof vocational rehabilitation, Tal- Union. !Jahassee. ‘The move coincided with stiffi ‘ters here. Under Terrific ‘Senator Ward Arrives In Key West; Making Overseas Highway Conditions making an® inspection trip to! check the condition of Overseas, | Highway, arrived in’ Key West | this morning for a visit of three | days. | Harry H. Hector, local repre-' sentative on the state road board, | is expected to-join* the senator jhere today. \ Senator Ward, who made aj slow trip along the keys, said the} road obviously is in a dangerous | condition. He predicted that} work will be undertaken by the state within a short time. } The most recent delay in re placing spans on the Key Wes end of the highway, he explain: ed, was caused by the fact that | bids for the work were far high-. er than the money alloted for the H construction. | More recently, J. H. Dowling, | chief engineer of the road de- 1 partment, has been seriously ill, | and it has been impossible to get { of the construction project. | Senator Ward, who came here | with Capt. Bob Combs and Capt. | C. A. Spencer, said he is con-/ vinced the state will realize the | necessity of putting the road in! SHAPE yy.» (Ry Axnoctoted Prean) SARASOTA, Sept. 19—The task of making tent equipment for the 1942 summer perform- um & Bailey circus’ winter headquar- |! A crew of eight reported for) work early this week and al-| ready have started making small- er auxiliary tents for use on the road. Work on the “big -top” and other major tents does not begin until after the circus re- turns from its tour in October or November. Long And Short Of It hy! Anndeiated Ptrand 19.—Private ©! ’ Vogel of Marion, ©., found two Jetters’ in che other: was written’on 1 of two tiny ‘Ohio sales 2 Sept. Japanese protests over Russian} mining of the Sea ef Japan and aj sudden recurrence of Japanese | ey newspaper attacks on the United) States. , } The influential Japanese News ; Week warned citizens not to do anything which would endanger | relations between the United! States and their country until! present talks are completed, but} other papers returned to their; former policy of bitterly attack- | ing America and Britain for in-| terference in the Pacifica Key West gamblers today ap- peared to have emulated car- fishing’ . (Ry Asnociated Prenn) Astounded customers for num-| VICHY, Sept. 19. — United| States Secretary of State Cordell ‘Pers Hekets and” even baseball Hull has turned down a Vichy re: pools discovered during the quest for aid in recovering sov- i 4 ereignty of French , Indo-China<morning that the city had been from the Japanese, it was reported resteae | a here today. tdgiasere8 =f Reliable imformants sai Vichy govertiment’ asked tor “did in strengthening French not already turned over to Japan. It was understood Hull replied that the United States would do nothing until present diplomatic conversations with Japan have Carpenters---‘Gone Fishi rd during ‘appears as a large Pressure area centered distance Senator David Elmer Ward, |= Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Nazis Place Own Losses In Men At 400,000 And Claim Reds Have Lost 3,500,000 Inspection Of | (Ry Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sepi, 19.—Rus- sia's defending armies today were reported staggering under the impact of a» German blitzkrieg as Nazi mechanized columns and | dive bombers whirled into ac- | tion in attacks reminiscent of the conquest of western Europe. | Swift armored columns were reported moving at top speed across the Ukraine less than 80 tiles from the important indus- INSPECTS HIGHWAY Will Begin Moving Road Signs Sept. 24 (Ry Apxntinted Prem TALLAHASSEE, Sept. -}State Road Of Willing Students L. Schoonover, loye of ittac He high sta Atlantic connection. 4