The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 20, 1941, Page 1

For 61 Years Best Devoted te the Interests of Key West’ * Funds Are Already Avail-\"SP° OO DD 2 29°29 .274 able For Erection Of Of- ROOMS NEEDED FOR ficers’ Quarters On Pro-! OBrRASE WORKERS pose d Site | Here's the way you can help | ur government in the great Money for the purchase of four | —, posh pow wader city blocks adjacent to.the court-| toom op partment — vent houge already has been request-| them to the workers in our ed by the navy department, and defense plants. All you have cers’ quarters on the grounds is; 90 and list your available available now, Capt. Russell S./ quarters, Or, if you happen Crenshaw, stalicn commandant, to-Reste ~ seighborkaod. Iniformed Mayor Willard M. Al-| 1. Concha thee orgy bury today. Captain Crenshaw said he real- ized acquisition of the land would cause some hardship to its will be helping yourself while helping in the great ef- | residents, but he predicted they would be able to build else- fort to make our nation the | “arsenal of Democracy” our President spoke about. The where with the money they) ‘would be paid. The army, he said, has other; telephone number is 690 and the address La Concha Hotel uses for its land in the Fort Tay- | lor area, and will not relinquish | lobby. i { ILI MIL SS SSS. that property to the navy. turbance has continued to move In any case, the captain told eastward and appears as a very} i 2 ORS RCRD ADVISORY is into the. four blocks. which | Bermuda with center about lati-| have been selected. He said the tude 29 degrees 30 minutes north! : 4 county tax ' sure over North Atlantic, “is caxjsirig’ strong northeas jand moderate gales over a wide, acquisition will be more be ~ repaid bythe wdditional ‘buildin to be carried out by the navy, Purchase Old Rumor Rumors of the navy’s intention to acquire the land around the courthouse have been current here for months. Several months ago, Captain Crenshaw admitted his department had sought an turbance in Middle Gulf shows appraisal of the land, but he little change in position except for | said there was no immediate plan|a tendency to move southward in} for its use at that time. | the last two davs but this move-| Last week, one resident of the | ment cannot continue long. It was | area received word from Wash-/ central at 7 a. m. Est about 300 ington that the navy definitely | would seek to acquire the prop- erty. The four blocks are the one bounded by Angela, Southard, Thomas and Emma; the two between Eaton, Thomas, South- ard and Emma, and the block bounded by Eaton, Whitehead, Fleming and Thomas. Originally, it had been under- stood the navy would seek the other block on the south side of WEATHER BUREAU. the courthouse. but that section CIM LLM ST ee has not been mentioned in re-! font Eepett. | FRANZ VON PAPEN warm aa ema am@ RETURNS TO BERLIN MURDER CHARGE { (By Axsoelared Prexn) t ANKARA, Turkey. Sept. | AGAINST AGENTS’ 20.—Franz Von Papen. spe- | i See cial German envoy to bes RAE Da gash tt key. has returned to Berlin teas Oaueead Bas » after attending a meeting of at, i inet Thurs- Ernst Michael, a German the: Turkish “cabinet Thurs Jew killed last week in Mex- Sage Ht wal sHnoaneE :%9 ico City. has charged Ger- | “9%, ae man Gestapo agents with The German minister came. Carew Sik tha denned. here with army and naval po ha Bhd police ata tek attaches, who also have left vestigating. Turkey. CDI III SIS IDS TI IIS I DST S tion today along Middle and South Atlantic coast. siceetrree te { 9:45 a m. Est—Tropical dis-' latitude 25 and longitude 89 at-j \tended by gales near center and; strong winds over large area. Cau- | tion advised for shinning storm area and small craft should | not venture over open gulf waters. ; Weekend. visitors to gulf coast } 4 | } jcoastal islands until further; notice. | | Great Efforts Being Made To Furnish Russia Supplie WASHINGTON) Vict aera. LU. some tanks British and United States produc- jang planes aregbeing taKep,, tion men today were reported jing British armieforces for straining every effort to get sup- | 3 Plies to Russia at once. {mediate shipment. ‘W. Averell Harrimann, Amer-| American and British aid, to be ican production expert who now |worked out at the meeting next is in London but who is expected | week in Moscow, is predicted on to fly to Russia next week, prom- | the theory that Russia will be able ised today that steel and alumi-/|to carry on the war _ until next num in large quantities will be Spring, when the shipments will hurried to the Soviet Union from, begin to arrive in quantity. : the United States. For immediate use, however, it} British leaders pledged to send is understood both this country every tank produced in England and Britain will get some supplies next week to Russia at the earliesty, started for the Russians at once. | H a { down" | PPP LLL LL LA NAVY TO REPORT ON SHIP REPAIRS (ity Ansgelated Press) WASHINGTON, ‘Sept. 20. ~The navy department within a few days will issue its first complete account- ing of the number of British warships repaired in United States ports. it was an- nounced today. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, in announcing that the list would be made public, said 12 British ships are in American ports for repairs at this time, SOIIIIS OSS ENGINEERING IN DEMAND AT U. OF FLORIDA (By Axsecinted Prexa) GAINESVILLE, Sept. 20—The | 1941 edition of the college Fresh- Roosevelt, jman isn’t letting -his Uncle Sam’ down. At least at the University of Florida,’ many youngsters just } launchigg ‘their college © careers| are making ready for engineering, ;no doubt-hopeful that they can jbe trained and sent Mto industry ,tion, not so much because the to help break the much-talked- about “bottleneck” in defense production caused by a lack of skilled technicians. Dean Joseph Weil of the Col- lege of Engineering reports more than a 50 ner cent increase in the {number of Freshmen enrolled in Pay just can’t afford to pay the the mechanical drawing classes. That many sound, harmless enough, but a Freshman in the university's general college makes |no gesture toward specialization |exceptions. We can’t.” junless he indicates distinct pref- | x 9:30 a. m. Est—The Atlantic dis-| erences and has a high school rec- register at the moment for typists ord to support his aspirations. The 325 frosh enrolled in the Mayor Albury, the logical expan- | large elongated low pressure area course is a huge jump over last jobs have told The Citizen they sion direction for the navy yard ¢xtending from the Bahamas to year’s 210 and Dean Weil views ; were on such registers.) the increase happily. “Our government is clamoring lepartment feels that city and |and longitude 71 degrees west. Infor trained engineers and tech- partment has the authority either | losses from the land. conjunction with strong high pres-!nicians qualified. for. the tremen-'| ‘states, it. dous. demands t winds oy even wh en the war is over, the engineers will be needed in jarea’ of the Western’ Atlantic.!great numbers for the huge re- Small craft should continue cau- building program,” the dean de-/ clared. DENY REPORTS ON RELATIO (Ry Axnociated Prean) BERLIN, Sept. 20.—German miles south of Port Eads, La., near|spokesmen today denied reports | of increasingly strained relation: between Russia and Bulgaria. The Nazis said Germany has in!not maved army units in Bul- {rejected a company offer of a five garia.and has not sought per. mission to send ships throug! the Dardanelles into the Black should stay off low exposed sea. They also denied that Bul- | tion. garia “ig mobilizing her army. CRITICIZE. PLANS «| FOR. CELEBRATION (By Associated Presay TOKIO, Sept. 20.—Nationalist Japanese newspapérs today critic- ized the government for its failure to make more elaborate plans for celebration of the anniversary of Japan’s entrance into the,, Axis, Sept. 2%, 1940. The Papers charged the govern- ment $s attempting to “play ie significance of the Axis allianeg scheduling only one small Gé¢lebration for the date. Nebraska Families Rescued In Flood (iy Associated Preas) BEATRICE, Neb., Sept. ter in a schoolhouse and audi- torium after flood waters in- undated a large portion of this tern Nebraska city. ” soul is ' « ble rowboat: was\ pressed lof service to rescue) families homes suddenly in the midst of a deep-roaring current. Protect Your Automobile Investment During the Rainy Season let us SPRAY and LUBRICATE your car to prevent RUST. Lou Smith Auto Service Phone No. § White at Fleming 20.—| More than 60 families took shel- | | | Pa Sreaeee Two Of Russian-Held Is- lands Are Already In Hands Of German Blitz Forces (ily Axsocinted Iress) Complaints against civil service to hire a worker direct, or to ask ‘operations here, recently summed the labor board for a list of ap- ;up in a letter to ‘Pre Citizen, are plicants, from which he may se- jlargely the result of ignorance of‘ lect the man or woman he wants. , the way in which the service rulesi The office workers do not take jhave been changed to meet emer-} competitive examinations in ap- igency conditions, A. B. Cooper, ' plying for jobs, Cooper explained, }labor board recorder, declared to-;and there is no question of the |day. 1 jnormal method for civil service Admitting that some qualified! where one of the three top-rank- workers possibly have been passed ; ers must be employed. ‘over, Cooper said the present) Families: Don’t Matter ‘methods were dictated by the civil; In normal times, Cooper said, service commission and President the civil service ruled that no ) two members of a! family: “living: under the same roof” could be em- “ployed in the service: , Later that Navy Ultimatum Says That Carpenters Must Return To Work Or Lose Their Jobs) ou, sisrmy Five hundred ogal ters,| j : refused to work: on government TO BE LAUNCHED ic inde ols Ghana Badaa. IN COMING WEEK defense projects (Thursday, late uaceos ‘ g this afternoon’ were \vonbidering, twas changed to a ruling that no; + He from “Adolf Hitler's head: MASSACHUSETTS. TO ‘SLIDE! DOWN WAYS AT QUNICY IN | Wo metibers of aupiiemaviduall oe Meenas Sak teRy mast, quarters declared today, amily could be employed. || return to work: ortosq Jobs. “The communique said two of COLORFUL CEREMONY ON ' SEPTEMBER 23 They ‘are’ set up, he explained, to give Key Westers the first chance at local jobs, and to give a maximum of speed. Thus ‘¢ivil service rating fro! other sections is ignored when! local jobs are under considera- niin BEN ASIM toh In other words, he pointed out,} - ‘The carpenters met at-d1 o'clock a grandfather, son and grandson. this morning, sent their grievance the islands already are in Nazi might all be employed if they committee. into conference with maintained separate families, or} d f if two of them lived together and| "vy officers at 1:30, and were the third had his own establish-,| Scheduled to resume their discus- | ment, sion at Red Men’s hall at 3:30, As far as the complaint agains Carpenters and laborers, both cousins, uncles, nephews and all, s : the other subdivisions of a family |“emanding an ae = we working, Cooper said 100 of them told by. the navy lice weet nent could work in the naval station or} sciet any other government job if they oe ee ee ‘ae negotiation were pe to eae Tis wie wiih ¥ 5 mits Har ‘ee! a “Here’s what causes most of], Cenk Ruse S paige Bias the hard feeling.” he said, “buty cn Commandant’. Yad the. com- mittee this morning he will shut ‘We can’t help it.’ 2 : r (ES: ‘down the contract jobs, if neces- while If a woman comes-to the labor } ae the: reat ob the! Secretary of the Navy Frank We tell her so, and a few days} = Bx is Si the former secretary of the navy, | The bureau of yarda and docks, later she learns that someone re- as the sponsor for the ship bed lated to an employe in the yard) an ed in honor of the State of Ma in announcing it would not nego- | jobs, hands after the sudden . attack, while heavy fighting is proceed- ‘\ing on another. (Sp vetal to The Citienm> WASHINGTON, Sept, 20,—]} The three islands protect the The navy department announced} Sea approaches to Leningrad, that the battleship U.S.S. Mas-|4nd Moscow claimed huge Ger- | Sachusetts will be launched Sep-}™an casualties in another, tember 25 at the Bethlehem S ssful attemptato--beié! ;company’s yard at Quincy, Mass. . i . in pt Ce ceremony, marking Bove i ae ray pe yo another step in America’s naval}ing deep into the Crimean pen- lre-armament program. insula, tapol _ today, government is interested in taking Key Westers first, but because the board feels it is inadvisable to i bring other people here into a housing shortage. Can't Pav Rent | “Al clerk getting government rents demanded here,’ Cooper said. “Even though some out- siders with rating may be estab- lished here, we don’t make any | Cooper said there is no local and stenographers. (Some of those who complained of failure to get | Under the present system, a |department head at the navy de- = PP po, Three Airplane Strikes Are Now Very Imminent (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.— union, which is demanding addi- Three major airplane strikes to- tional bonuses for duty in danger- Hl i i ous waters. {day appeared virtually certain to sae eee nes Coarcoubie " LaGUARDIA URGES | | American Federation of Labor, PLANTS PREPARE FOR AIR BOMBINGS mployes at the San Diego plant (Ry Asnocinted Prena) jof Consolidated Aircraft an-' nounced this morning they have WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, — i Civilian Defense Director F, Hi. }S@1¥- LaGuardia urged factory man- ‘Members agers to take steps immediately | Union walked for protection against air raids. WP. Thurston A planning guide, titled “Pro- tection of Industrial Plants and Public Buildings” was. i (Continuee On Page Four) sachusetts, Mrs, Adams also, ' the teehupe on aon pemegenie op fe. ‘the department,” : Ey By wall radio mi cent hourly increase in pay. The inion appealed to the federal mediation board for immediate ac- | An independent union at the Curtiss-Wright plant in Buffalo, meanwhile, has announced its in- tention’ of’ sttiking unless it is ‘récognized 4s the'plant’s exclusive bargaining"agerit, and works. .at the’ Air‘ Aissociation, “ Inc., plant, } Bendix, NJ) “ate ‘waiting notice | from their leaders to walk off the} ‘job in'a wage dispute. {two more ships in the Gulf of ‘Mexico were tied up today by ‘striking AF of L union men of the «International Seafarers’ organiza- ition. The strikes brought to 15 the total of ships tied up by the to advise executives in ,methods|. Moi of insuring the . safety, of em-} them cOnGWIDK ployes and the i nce of | ing.an increase production, ee at 62% ents “Even though the possibility of fea lenemy air attacks may, be re-) THREAT mote,” the pamphlet stated, “it|ON THIS AFTERNO ; is essential that protective organ-| Investigation into threats of ization be developed at once to| violence against civil service car- mesg guard against the disruption of} penters, ~ warned by pig é normal activities and the safety | union men to stay off their jobs, }°°* her of the personnel in an emergency. {was cont this afternoon at ‘the U.SS. pie aE +. | the courthouse. : T Vs County 7 Cleare, Jr... pt ‘Twelve More French Hostages |o3::.2"" oe subpoenaed more tH bd witnesses at 10 0’ xécut nder Nazi Urder's|ise anise was as 4 / The civil service mer (Ry Associated Press) ‘whom wert | PARIS, Sept. 20.—Twelve more|the executions. Of the 12 men|the subma French hostages were executed killed, according to the bulletin, | twnion n today in retaliation for a fatal at-/ 5, . , said ‘tack Sept. 16 on a German non- apis: Comat SNe Be ben ey at |commissioned officer, it was an. | tually took part in attacks on night, wi ‘nounced today. |Germans, and three were found | port for wor The German military govern-| with ‘arms illegally in their pos-} The go jment issued a bulletin announcing ‘session. : ~ Ftinued to; : : Ameena ts, but t Plymouth’s Finest 95 Horsepower New SHOWR! will be row. . See and eh the eeniter VAUME ote