The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 22, 1941, Page 1

oP Violating —_ * Some Released While Num.-| erous Oihers Are Held. As Hostages Subject To) Execution | (By Associated Press) VICHY, Unoccupied’ France, Sept. 22.—Two hundred Parisians have been arrested by German authorities over the weekend for! failure to comply with the dusk | “curfew”, it was announced here today. The German police said some of those arrested were released after questioning, while others were held as “hostages”, subject | to execution in reprisal for ter- rorist attacks on German troops | The “curfew” imposed last) week after a German sergeant | was shot to death by terrorists, | is scheduled to end today. | Paris newspapers today men- | tioned for the first time the! death of a German army captain For 61 ‘Years Devoted te the - Best —— of Key West Curew’ Act SITS SSSI S Ms |DEFENSE PROGRAM IN NEED OF HELP icakers in the. in the navy yard here are doing their best to aid our government's defense ‘Program, But they need to have their rest if they are to ‘work at their highest peak of efficiency. As you know there's a need for more apartments in Key ‘West. So. if you have an apartment available, list it ‘with the Homes Registration Office, phone 690. Or, if you are in the neighborhood, you can drop into the office at La Concha Hotel. Courteous clerks will be glad to list your japariment and you will be helping the defense program. The phone number is 690 and ‘the address La Concha Hotel lobby. VPI I IDES SSS 'W. P. ARCHER ENTERS RAC |ANNOUNCES FOR RE-ELEC- TION TO POSITION OF POLICE JUSTICE Judge Wesley P. Archer, Police. | NO OTHER WITNESSES TO BE} SUMMONED IN CASE DEAL- ING WITH CARPENTERS’ ACTIVITIES County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., ending two days of | }eontinuous questioning in the| f investigation of alleged threats to civil service men by union’): carpenters, this afternoon said he | the inquiry. Cleare, who questioning — wit- nesses from 10 o'clock Saturday morning until after 8 -p. m. and ‘said he will subpoena no more} | witnesses unless others come for-1! | ward with new information: | The solicitor, whose’ investi- jgation is being aided by two rep- resentatives of Gov. Spessard L, | Holland, declined to say if he |would furnish the sheriff's of-| fice with informations aganist jthe alleged threat-carriers. Cleare launcned his investiga- j tion after civil service carpenters! In compliance with your re- quest at this date, we present herewith a brief of our claims for a change in the rate of wages for jhas completed the first phase at carpenters from the rate of $1.00} per hour to $1.12% per hour on all ‘defense work’ in the Key West area. On Feb. °25, 1941, Key West’ }resumed the inquiry yesterday; | Brotherhood of Carpenters” and Joiners of America’! approved*\a new scale of wages for’ varpenters| in'this area as follows: Journeymen $1.12 per hour. First year apprentices, 50c per hour. Second year apprentices, 70c per hour. Third year apprentices, 70c per hour, Fourth year apprentices, 85c per hour. For all defense work and pri-| ‘complained to Capt. Russell S,/ vate construction work in this im- |Crenshaw, navy station com-| |mandant, that their safety was; | endangered by their work on {the submarine base, where they} | were replacing men who walked et their jobs Thursday: .effective March This scale of wages was. mediate area. 4, 1941. {approved and accepted by the In-| ternational offices of this local union on the effective date, March 4, 1941. This scale was made known} Captain Halts Work | Captain Crenshaw, _ notifying | the sheriff's office of the com-! ;plaint, ordered the public works | office not to send the govern-j } ment employes on the ‘contract! jjebs for the time being. Carpenters and Jaborers, both verbally, to. all. contractors and} , other: interested parties im- »mediately in this particular area. ; May we add that there are at the! |present time 12 contractors en- gaged in construction of 15 pri-} vate contracts paying this ap-/ proved and adopted scale: . 1 RS | ies alee me “Justice, today “announced his in- street in the French capital, The | tention to seek re-election to the it office which he now holds and aetitgh he ed” the funeral. | carnestly solicits the support of | attention to his record as Judge ‘during the past two years and a | previous term several years ago. TIVE TO HIS CANDIDACY; | best of his ability. | PRES Sa TELLS OF BUSINESS CA- NESS CA- JAPAN MOVES 2 NEARER TO WAR this statement to the voters . of Key West: by approving.a‘' capital control} “At the request of many -reli- |'plan for the 1941 fiscal year and establishing import-export poli- West, where I attended the schools of the city and later en- tered business. I am the owner man and the taxpayer of the city. | said Toyoda submitted a detailed “Realizing ..at we are now en- at ledst ‘some.members who are young and progressive and suc- cessful’ ‘th business, I have decid- and progress, “If elected I promise to serve on the Council with the same our home town in which I nat-| The Shah, reputedly the weal- urally have the deepest interest |thiest man in Asia, was arrest- and affection”. ed and held after it was discov- eral economic mobilization plans which cover labor and materials, and control of power resources. ages supervision of the supply of capital to Manchukuo and China velopments and replied to ques- tions from the throne. TEHERAN, Iran, Sept, 22.— The Iran Shah Reza Pahlavi, be- lieved to have fled the country | adding that the man was slain those voters in Key West who b is | feel an interest in the enforce- nf speneuiets, j ment of the law. | Regarding his candidacy, Judge RILEY CARBONELL | Archer stated that he had no Mr. Archer is widely known CITY COUNCILMAN throughout the city. He asks the | consideration of the voters on | election day and promises to con- | tinue in the future as in the past | TIME ECONOMY Raul Riley Carbonell, in mak- a i i a | (Te AwMoeiA tet Prensa ing his announcement for the of- ; WOKYO, Sept. 122—The Jap- anese cabinet.moved toward com- able citizens who are: vety much ; | cies for China and Manchukuo for interested in the progress of the | the comin: i city, I have decided to become a ce eee candidate for the City Council. “I am a young man, 29 years of of business property in the heart be ee barges paniaigd beg | and encouragement of savings and SIRES 20S AO OW eal’ investments. estate about the city. I am also| Foreign Minister Teijiro Toyoda in business and know the prob- | was received in audience by Em- tering a period of great prosper- } ity and further realizing that the | city needs the very best men obtainable for the Council, upon | the suggestion of many citizens | ed to'éffer myself for the posi- tion, “I am a member of the Elks, Chamber .of Commerce and other organizations which are deeply energy ani d sincerity which I| when British and Russian troops | havé’ exerted in my business. 1 occupied the capital last week, believe by applying ‘successful | ‘is being held for trial, a virtual! pusiriess methods to the manage- | prisoner in a city in the south of/ ment of the city we will be able/his country, it was announced statement to make other than call RAURS, SURTRMERS (BELA) _to serve the community to the fice of City Councilman, makes pletion of the war-time structure age, born and reared in Key lems confronting the business | peror Hirohito, Domei agency that the Council should contain interested in character building | to accomplish a great deal for here today. The measures rounded out gen-/ expansion of transport facilities! The capital control plan envis-| report on recent diplomatic de-/| Fleeing Iran Shah Now Prisoner Awaiting Trial) (By Associated ‘vabinten Praia striking for a 12%-cent — increase | Tt:is known that on June 23, in pay, seemed to have reached a} deadlock with the bavy today. 1941, the aforementioned Local The carpenters, after about 50\ with the Mackle-Leach Construc- of them voted to stay out Satur-|tion Co,, to pay as wages to all day, met again this morning and ‘members of said local union the ,reaffirmed their determination ‘scale of $1.12% (one dollar and to remain off the defense jobs ‘twelve and one-half cents) per until they get their increase from hour. The public works office im- $1.00 an hour to $1,124. The la-j mediately issued orders to the borers are holding out for a pre-! shove mentioned contractor that viously demanded increase of: ithe agreed scale of wages as pre- sh 50 cents to 62% cents an viously mentioned was Fongh to os Lieut.-Comdr. Henry L. Nor, (Bee Me sores 8 oRenaeiry Station public relations _ officer, | ‘by the public works office which said the navy is equally firm in|}, considerably lower, should re- its announced intention not tO lain effective. The above men- deal with the strikers until they idoned Jocal union placed mem- ,are back on their jobs. bers of their organization to work | Bureau To Decide jon the Mackle-Leach job under Asked what the navy would do |protest. This protest was filed on jabout the present deadlock, | July 7, 1941, with the Mackle- !Commander Naff said the sta- j Leach Construction Company, the tion has no authority to make a ‘public works office, and the | decision, but he said the bureau Honorable Gerald D. Rielly, solici- }of yards and ‘docks in Washing- | tor of labor, Washington, D,, C. ton is being kept in constant The local union received a reply touch with the situation. jon July 30, 1941, from the Honor- The bureau, he said, will have ' able D. cee: chi the final word — in, © Meci ein whether the carpenter and Rise tq borers are to get the “increase ; knowledging ina 3 this pro- they demand, yr}test. To the time of avriting® Navy May Take Over = ™ | sults from the filing of the pi In July, when carpenters and | are nil. laborers were on another strike,| AS a further measure of self the bureau threatened to harfdle | Preservation the committee from local work entirely with civi] ;the local union petitioned Lt. F. iservice men, replacing the con- }G- Jansen of P. W. O. in this area tractors with direct navy con- | for an increase of 12% cents per trol. It is understood that the!/hour on defense work. Your same remedy is being suggested { Knowledge of the outcome of this by the navy in the present tie- | Petition is the same as ours. up. Our reasons for this request are The strike, described as a,™any. ..and our grievances are “fishing trip” by the carpenters |More. The great majority of the) and laborers, affects the W. P. {carpenters on these particular jobs| Thurston and Mackle-Leach Con- {9F contracts are drawn from the struction companies, whose de- | Miami area, where the scale of fense contracts total about $2,-|Wages have been and still are | 500,000. rated at $1.12% (one dollar and twelve and one-half cents). per hour. . .The American Federation ‘of Labor through: agreement with the O.P.M. specifically states that faut mechanics are entitled to and (shall receive the adopted and ap- { proved scale of wages of the area. jfrom which ‘they are drawn... ceived from the President of the | nited Brotherhood of Carpen- jered that Iran’s crown jewels jhad disappeared upon his de- parture from Teheran. Last week, when British and Russian soldiers moved into /Teheran to enforce their demand that German technical advisors and “tourists” be arrested, the Shah abdicated and handed over |the throne to his 21-year-old son. |It was thought at the time that \he had made his escape to a neu- ‘trl country. Hutchinson, dated August 5, 1941, ‘which states: “The understanding also pro- vides for predetermining wages ‘wage to be established is to be based onthe rate of wages paid in the area or locality from where the men doing the work must be secured.” On the contract for the comple- tion of the hangar at the Kev West -|Naval Air Station the following eit or 8 May we quote from a letter re-| j ters and Joiners, William L. jj, on those projects, and that the} THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. Ss. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1941 “ing 90-Day Period (EDITOR'S NOTE: Local carpenters, when they re- ~ fused to go to work last Thursday, contended that the navy had ignored their demands for a wage increase over a period of 90 days. Here are the carpenters’ claims as they were presented to the two investigating officers from Washington, Lieut. Comdr. J. C. Gebhard and Lieut. J. C. Tily.) , Wage scale.was set up by the 'P.W,O.: Unskilled labor. 30c per hour. Carpenters, 80c per hour. Electricians, 80c per hour. Plumbers $1,00 per hour. Ironworkers, 80c per hour. | ‘The ‘first wage scale set up by “the P.WLO: on N.O.Y. 4411 was as local union No: 655 of the: United: follows: ui 40c: per hour. ‘ faborers; ~“@arpenters; 80c per hour. This set-up is still in force with one exception which is that of the common laborers which has been; changed to 50 cents per hour. . . and one exception of the carpen- ters which is $100 per hour. We the grievance committee representing the carpenters of the | affected area, do wish to call your attention to the fact that although all prices pertaining to the neces- sities of decent living have ad- vanced tremendously since the completion of the aforementioned hangar, not to overlook the ad- lot the in rents, beyond the reach of the working classes in Key is due to the overcrowded condi- tions. May we compare the in-} creases in living costs with the increase of only 25 per cent in ; Wages for the carpenters, which | eurtailment ofthe hours that) make up a work ‘week,’ that. trom 48'to 40 hours’ per, week.” the fact that the unskilled Jabor- ers have had their wages in- creased 66 2-3 per ‘cent; elec- tricians, 8714 per cent; plumbers, 50 per cent; ironworkers, 58 5-8 per cent. At the same time that the car- ‘penters’ work week has been. de- creased the above. mentioned } hincreased in faet if not in theory, {due to overtime. In conclusion, permit us to humblv petition you to make vour decision on this re-> :quest before you deem it neces- | sary to depart from this area, for the 12% cents per hour increase. | We féel positive that should you do this vou will eliminate anv further.delavs in the defense work in this‘area. It will also keen workmen who were called into this area from other sectors from returning home. and ‘possibly find- ing work in other places.” | West, which it must be admitted} in reality is a decrease, due to the! | also wish to call to your attention | {Union No. 655 signed a. contract} trades have had their work week |Jand, by ship. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Marines Rally To Incident Here A “landing party” of marines. last night took in hand the. situa- j tion of a recreation hall operator who nailed his American flag to } a post and ‘declined to take it down when darkness fell. ‘The marines, calling the opera- tor’s attention’ to the dirty, weather-beaten and ragged flag, ! LANDS IN EI ENGLAND (iy Associated Presa) LONDON, Sept.’ 22.—King | George’ II of Greece, who fled his {country when it was occupied by, ‘German troops and narrowly es- caped capture in Crete when jthat Greek island was invaded by parachute troops, has . landed. tin" an edgt coast “city in Eng- land, it was announced here to- day. The Greek moiiarch; whose whereabouts have’ been a mys- {tery since he was flown out’ of Crete during the German inva- jsion, has been in Capetown, bulletin said. He er Eng- MYRON TAYLOR. +8 ON WAY HOME (My Asaseinted Peeaay . ROME, Sept. 22—-Myron °C. Taylor, President. - Roosevelt's special envoy to .the Vatican, headed for the United States to- day after noo al audience with Pope Pits. an I teno? (By Associated Press) MOSCOW, Sept. 22.—Moscow, in a sternly worded note, today warned Bulgaria of war if she contini program of aid to Germany. | garians are plotting to attack th Soviet Union with German aid, |and warned that retaliation will | come if the Bulgars continue their provacative acts. Informed quarters in Moscow said King Boris of Bulgaria either has talked with Adolf, Hitler this week or will go to Berlin soon for leader. : Russia charges that Bulgaria is Dreperiiidt FOE an SYK A. Fu road for Ge e danger of | ‘her present} | Russia charged that the Bul-j a conference with the German! Display OF | American Flag Italian Raiders Sink Three Ships In Gibraltar Harbor KING OF GREECE | * 5 |Nazis Also Report Rus- sians Lost Thirty Divi- Cause In Dealing With sions In Battle East Of Kiev Uby Asauctated Press) ‘W YORK, Sept. 22.—Ger- man bombers, ranging far tover the great Russian battle line, yesterday sank 11 Red navy ships and nine. merchantmen in the Black Sea and ihe Gulf of Finland, Adolf Hitler's _ field headquarters announced in @& —__. | communique today. The German high command, giving few details of the actual: fighting. said the Russians have lost 30 divisions or 450,000" men in ‘the furious battle east of it told him it should not be flown: a at night. The recreation’man.told them: he would do as he pleased with the flag. ‘So, one of the marines, with the aid of his friends, scaled the build- ing and brought down the flag. It was folded according to military baba and peice nee (iy Anscosated Presa) ROME, Sept. 22.—Italian “sui- cide” ships, racing into the har- bor at Gibraltar under the guns batteries, sank three vessels in} an attack this week, it was an- a jounced today. The . swift Italian speedboats | « were said to have destroyed a 10~/ BEM i munitions ship and a = tanker.” ‘The communique did not say. if the Italian raiders escaped. 8) speedy vessels catrying one tor- pedo underneath the hull —_ VISORY 3 p, m. EST—Hur- betinigsrronthigpn er gg choot 1ab ale scaainet of Oak Ee veston, Texas, moving west, mncthwastwad of aorcwestinane about 17 miles per hour attended