The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 23, 1941, Page 1

“For 61 ¥. grail Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII, No. 226. . &- Soviet Experts Already In ' @ OOOO OO iM: \LIST YOUR ROOMS Washington In Interest 3 TO HELP DEFENSE Of Much Needed Assist- | acalea Are you doing your share ance in the defense program? Are r you helping our government = become the “arsenal of Demo- (By Associated Prens) ‘cracy"? You can do it very ‘WASHINGTON, Sent. 23, —| ‘imply. All you have to do is 4 iv ‘ list that spare room in your % Russia may open an “over the| home or apartment so that as ‘ | some worker in one of our de- 4 top, of the. world” route to the sense factories can get the ), United States for the transport of; Test val to male af job < war materials, trade experts from | teleph, ohh Paige Pn sc mip by Homes Registration Office, ‘ the Soviet Union said today. SO). ti Beh ta tf von: bappan - The experts, here to appear be-| to be in the vicinity of La 4 fore the house appropriations, Concha Hotel lobby. Cour- 6 committee in behalf of President| ‘teous clerks will list your k Roosevelt's program of aid for! 7oom and you will have the - Russia, said the northern route| satisfaction of knowing you 4 be kept free of ice, that it would! re helping in the nation’s de- » be free of German raiders, and! ‘fense effort. Once again, the 3 would be in the territorial waters; telephone number is 690 and - of Russia and the United States, | the address is La Concha e The house committee was; Hotel lobby. scheduled to begin secret hear- ‘gg gO. 2.28 t ings on the new lend-lease meas- | ———————__________-——_ ure today, Some opposition, it is’ understood, is built on the fact that passage of the new measure, bringing total lend-lease appro- priations to more than 13 billion | dollars, would make the experidi- | tures greater than the nation’s an-/ nual revenue. ‘executed at Zagreb, capital of NEW OFFICERS. £ | Croatia, in reprisal for an at- ARRIVE HERE phone building, it was revealed here today. | Officials said the bomb attack Three young officers reported was foiled, for duty at the navy station yes-! FIRE’ BOMB BEING FIFTY EXECUTED FOR ACTIVITIES (ity Assaginted Prena) | Jews and Communists have been terday, Lieut.-Comdr. Henry L.} Naff, public relations officer, an- | nounced today. | The new arrivals here are En- | sign James Rudder and Ensign, John M. Malloy, reserve officers who recently completed courses! at the Harvard school of business . administration, and Lieut. (jg) jincendiary bomb, Alexander M\ Alcott, Miami. He can have it if he appears be- Ensigns Rudder and Mallory fore October 5 to’ establish his will be attached to the supply /‘laim, otherwise “the said goods } will be declared forfeited and dis- (Ry Asnoctated Prens) NEW , Sept. 23.— The U. S. customs office here is oerye esac CDE enn } posed of in accordance with law.” ; building industry will deliver | This information came to light more new ships than were pro-) TWO N \in the small type of a legal notice'duced in any year since the| lin a local newspaper in which A. UNDER A ; Miles Pratt, collector of customs, ‘listed various miscellaneous mer- peace jehandise seized over the last two Alfred King, negro, was held | years, and held in the seizure under $500 bond by sheriff's of- rooms of the customs house build- ficers yesterday, awaiting trial on |ings here. a charge of assault with a deadly| Listed was ‘weapon, booklets, 1’ cut detonator, 1 };com. James Edwards, negro, also was jar jam, 1 post card, 2 letters, 7 e " kg. herbs,” etc. held, charged with being, drunk | tubes powder, and disorderly. 7 ; Pratt has ‘ : George S. Johns, charged with ‘calls seeking information. He petty larceny in the theft of a‘ won't give out any details. One radio, was bound over to criminal customs house employe told a re- court last night by Magistrate | porter the bomb was seized from Franklin Arenberg. Johns, whoa Scenign ‘seaman but no details i aki he radio from were available, pga begeek Hines, said| It was said, however, that the Hines had owed him $20 for about ‘incendiary bomb would not be seven weeks and had refused to | sold. Its disposal will depend on pay any part of the money. | patractions from Washington. Commissioners Apprised 0 Road Department Approving Plan To Complete Highwey The purpose of the plan, it was SIRES or County commisgignerss hg a, been notified: ce iy departm@rtt v¢ a. 5 plan for refinancing a ring the bonds so that it will not be sae Pekan of abe @ necessary to wait for the federal 0% iO . 4 The plan, placed before the de- | government's share—now held up partment by County Attorney | by President Koosevelt’s veto of Julius F, Stone and B. M, Duncan, lhe general road bill. manager of the road and toll dis-| Road district commissioners about $6,000,000 in revenue bonds, | when they will study the plan, ap- with $3,500,000 going to take up/plying to Reconstruction Finance { outstanding bonds, $1,500,000 for | Corporation for acceptance of the | the actual improvements, and $1,- j bonds if they agree to the pro- 000,000 in reserve. | Posal, ; Money supplied for the road by| Before the bonds could be is- the state, federal government and sued, it would be necessary for Monroe county will total about/the voters of the district to vote $1,000,000, it is understood, |their approval. ROME, Sept. 23.—Fifty alleged | HELD FOR OWNER | advertising for the owner of an; “besieged with | trict, calls for authorization of;are scheduled to meet Saturday, | yeh 9 ah ty VESSELS NOW BEING CON. STRUCTED AT UNPRECE- DENTED RATE (Spec’ ‘1 to «he Citizen) WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.— unprecedented rate, according to the latest check-up on marine construction. The Maritime Commission es- timates that between 130 and 134 new merchant carriers will roll off the ways this year. This is far above the estimate of 105 new ships made last May by Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Com- mission. chairman. . The construction of a_ two- ocean Navy is also going ahead at accelerated speed. The Navy .|Departmnt, in a progress report, said the following had been ac- complished in the period from {January 1 to September 1 this jyear: In addition to the figures on {the number of vessels completed ‘and number of keels laid, it was. Stated that 249 ships were Jaunched, including one _battle- ship, one cruiser, eight subma- irines and eight destroyers. fae? of the Bureau of Ships, | workers, engaged in. ship con- Struetion had more than doubled i a year’s time. He added: “The establishment of the 48- hour week and the development of the 3-shift, 24-hour day, i j volving a tremendous augmenta- jtion of shipbuilding workers, is jeffectively using the nation’s manpower. “While the use of overtime has | increased the cost of construction of naval vessels, the increase has definitely been compensated for by the accelerated speed of pro- ; Sible”. 2 ; Admiral Land said that in the \first quarter of 1942, the ship- | World War, with ‘of 1941. He said: the exception “In the first quarter of 1943, if | ;we are able to carry out the ‘schedule we have set for our- |selves, we will deliver more | shipping thar was produced in “Incend, bomb, 27 , the United States in the whole of | !1918, when ‘America produced 1,830,000 deadweight tons iships. “These World War comparisons ‘are made without suggesting in lany way that the Commission's | | emergency activities are beyond lcriticism. The only way we will !know whether the Commission has succeeded in its program is if the ships are furnished to de- liver the goods, I think that up to the present, we have used our opportunities fairly well’. CHANGE NAME OF COUNTY ROAD BAR Henry Gowing, operator of Dirty Dick’s bar on the county road, has informed the county commission that he complied with the board’s request that he ment. Mure will be known as the Horse | poem, | Julius Stone, county attorney, \Tequested. Gowing to change the iname of his bar after frequent complaints had been brought be- fore the commission. FISH GET BREAK BALTIMORE. Companies manufacturing fish nets are re- ceiving Army orders for camou- flage nets. They're made of the same seine twine, same mesh, and on the same machines as fish jnets. preg seine roo ass rere feotaricet mee Uncle Sam 1s turning out war-' }ships and merchant vessels at an: j Keels Vessels i Laid Compl’d. | Battleships 2 ae }Cruisers - 13 0 Submarines 18 9 Aireraft carriers 2 0 Destroyers 28 12 Patrol craft — 91 42 | Auxiliaries 81 20 District craft 172 128 Rear Admral S. M. Robinson, ; pointed out that the number of! duction which it has made pos- | of | change the name of his estab-s and. Cow, a name suggested by a}. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 194 The navy department and 1,600, doubtful if the bureau in Wash- striking carpenters and laborers | ington will allow work here to be today seemed to be settling down held up indefinitely, but he said for: e ieek ok ee ith }there hasbeen no sign that the shite " ce, with NO’ bureau intends either to retreat | indication that either side will! from its stand or to replace the move to break the deadlock. jmen who “went fishing.” Z Comdr. Henry L. Naff, public; ‘County Solicitor Allan B. relations officer at the station, |Cleare, Jr., meanwhile, was com- said the bureau of yards and docks ‘ piling a 174-page transcription of has given the local commandant) testimony given by civil service | no new instructions since inform-' carpenters and members of their ing him last week that negotia- i families who charged they were ltions will remain at a: standstill} threatened by the union men last j until the men resume work. week and told to stay off their | Both the carpenters and labor- | jobs. ers met last night and both agreed | Cleare said information on the jto stay out until they are granted | cases still is coming into his office, }the 12% cents hourly pay in-|and he declined to say if he will icreases they have demanded. jorder any arrests in’ the threat | Commander Naff said today it is | charges. | MEETS TONIGHT FISCAL YEAR WILL |WILL HOLD ANNUAL wc. TOTAL 32 BILLIONS TION FOR BOARD OF | | DIRECTORS ‘EXACT FIGURES. HOWEVER, \ WILL NOT BE KNOWN UN- \ | { Chamber of Commerce mem-} [II SOMETIME DURING bers tonight will hold their an-! nual election for board of direc-] JANUARY | tors. | ‘Phe meeting is scheduled at ‘the chamber of commerce build-! (iy Anaoetated Press) ing for 7:30 o'clock, with the! WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. — !ballot box slated to close at 8 Harold D. Smith, budget director, jo'elock. vie ii 3 ! began the preparation of a record- i hie for the ieehare: ry jbreaking budget for the next ONG Feat |fiseal year and it may cost the H ‘treasury $32,000,000,000, ne | ADVISORY { ’ The exact figure, however, will ;mot be known until President » BULLETIN. (1:30..P...M... EST)... Neosevelt sends it to. congress next NEW .ORLEANS—Latest -re-' January. ports indicate that hurricane cen-' {A $32,000,000,000 budget would ter is approaching coast north of mean $10,000,000,000 more than is Port O’Connor near the town of slated 'to be spent this fiscal year. in-| Matagorda, Tex. Barometer, 29.05 Smith's task, however, is some-; scribed as unimportant in Berlin, finches at 1 p. m., EST. Tide still; thing more than arriving at a rising rapidly. Port O'Connor} huge total, for financial experts. | barometer, 29.19; wind, north, 55 hold that expenditures on such jto 65 miles per hour. Tide, 8.0 | an astronomical scale will be pos- feet. |sible only if defense production, Freeport barometer, 29.31. Hur-| reaches a tremendous volume. ricane winds from east. Tide, 7.0} They explained that, in the last feet. Winds of hurricane force | analysis, the size of the new bud- indicated from Freeport to Port/ get will depend, not on adminis- O'Connor and in Matagorda bay | tration wishes, but on the esti- sections this afternoon and mated amount of munitions the shifting gales farther inland over jnation’s factories can turn out. Brazonia, Wharton, Matagorda,;The cost of this production plus Jackson, Calhoun and Victoria! certain routine government ex- counties this afternoon and to-| penses will write the total. night with very heavy rain. | Defense is scheduled for about | WEATHER BUREAU. {4 $25,000,0000,000 share ‘of next Race year’s budget, vompared with ADVISORY 9:45 a. m. EST— ‘about $15,000,000,000 this vear. {Tropical hurricane continues slow ; This fiscal year will end and the. west northwestward movement; now one begins the’night of June about six miles per hour with 39, 1942. ay center at 7 a..m..EST about 100 ‘Smith, himself, declined to esti- miles southeast, or, east. southeast mate the size of the next budeet, | i i tude 27° 30’ and, longitude 95°. 20’ jattended by, winds of full, hurri cane force near, center, winds in- jereasing and becoming dangerous | commetce ‘commission. In ‘the ahead of center on middle and up-| eaming weeks each of the scores ‘per Texas coast this morning and | o¢ government agencies will. pre- |dangerously high tides will rise | sent and try to instify their re- | still higher north of Port Aransas, | Guests, with the big Army, Navy nd lend-lease hearings waiting jquests.” ‘The first ‘Hearing, ‘held yesterday, was for the interstate }Tex. to Cameron Parish, La., to |day and tonight. If present move-' fo, December. : iment continues center will reach; “jot. in December, the budget coast line near Port O'Connor to-| officials and President Roosevelt night attended by hurricane’ wij} revise the departmental re- winds up to 90 MPH from Port) quests, but all the details will be {O’Connor to Freeport, Tex. Dan-} ccoret until the President sends gerous northerly gales south of} j, report to ‘congress early in Port O'Connor to Corpus Christi! January. 4 | Bay and dangerous easterly gales! “Congress ther must pass appro- horth of Freeport to Port Arthur, jation ta make the President’s iTex. All interests should be safe-| request effective. j guarded against this “severe de-/ structive storm with attendant) pacInG MOTHER HUBBARD j tides inundating low lying sec- tions. Hurricane warnings dis-| NEw YORK—Although ‘the played Port Arthur to Port Aran- | now-familiar erocery super-mar- south. of Port Aransas to Browns-|nendent merchant, it’ ‘has’ beert owing said the bar in the fu-ia ille and, east of Port Arthur to) developed by the chains toa}! {point where it normally stocks: more than 2,200 items. — Miss. WEATHER BUREAU. Nazis Blame Roosevelt For o All Anti-German Outbreaks (By Associated Press) day blamed President Roosevelt for anti-German outbreaks in South America. The news service said it was|making a radio address aimed at significant that demonstrations | Germany, Sa ai eae ‘a direct challenge to President i ‘of Port O’Connor, Tex., near lati | saving that he’ has only begun’ hearings ' ont departmental re- | Tex. and storm warnings ket was introduced by an_inde- |po the American President was}! Key 1 * Germans Say It Is Possible That Nazi Raider Sank Ship _ Displaying Panamanian Flag ‘SECRETARY: OF | RED CROSS UNIT | RETURNS HOME (By Associated Prenn) NEW YORK, Sept. 23—“It is entirely possible a German raider sank the American freighter Pink Star,” an official spokesman in i Berlin declared today in denying any specific knowledge of the at- MISS LEONOR WARREN, EX- ich i tack which’ sent the vessel to the ECUTIVE OFFICER, MAKES bottom Sept. 19 off Iceland. | The spokesman said it is pos: REPORT ON MEETING CON- sible that the Pink Star was one; DUCTED IN OCALA of 13 ships destroyed in a convoy | by a raider and submarines... In‘ any case, it was pointed out in! Miss Leonor Warren, executive Berlin, the vessel was in the war secretary -of the local chapter of{ zone and its destruction could the American Red Cross has just have been expected. | returned from Ocala, Fla., where | The American state department she attended a five-day institute announced the destruction of the of training conducted for approxi- | | Pink Star yesterday. ‘mately fifteen’ secretaries drawn} Sixth American ship to go down from as many sections. of the ,in the war, the vessel was owned. state. ‘by the U. S. government and was; ‘The institute was under the di- | pues the Peoameeene tes, : Ke (reetio® of Glenn A, Whisler, now| e Si occur: eig) ‘ “days after ‘President Roosevelt Pawar oan . wi bro ‘warned in a radio. address that | q ‘i Cross | | American nayy ships will shogt.on.| but. whe.was. formerly _ the. 3 ‘sight at Nazi raiders or sub-' district’ director for the state of ‘marines in the waters between ‘this country and Iceland. ms Although the sinking was de- observers in Washington saw it as | Roosevelt and the navy. OF U.S. POLICY NEAR DISLOYAL BY PEOPLE OF NATION to meet any demands that may bs made upon the ; ‘Plans for the drive which 11th will be for t (By Aunociated Prensa) >) BOSTON, Sept., 23.--U: S. Rep. |+ Robert Ramspeck | (D-Georgia). declared that “anybody! who ‘is ing around the country destroy~ confidence in the \foreign | policy of our, government—like | Lindbergh—is doing a great’ speck said that the lease-lend act ‘ had been properly enacted by con-| in. most equable climate in the country; range of only 14° Fahrenheit West, Florida, has the with an average Nazis Also Take Credit For Big Success During Conflict Involving Red Armies Cty Associated Preas) NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—Ger- many’'s invasion of Russia has cost her?3,000,000 men im. dead, wounded:and. missing, a Russian spokesman in London said to- day. Appealing for quick American and British aid, the Russian representative said the Germans have lost one-third of their army in the war, but he admitted. the Nazis are increasing their pres- sure on the Red forces. eit Moscow, meanwhile, was re- porting strong counter-attacks against the German columns which have ‘penetrated, into the Ukraine. Russian troops, ac- cording t¢ a communique, are driving south from Smolensk in