The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 26, 1941, Page 1

Sa a VOLUME LXII. No. 229. Fifty-Two' Applications Received; Several De- nied And Many Deferred For Consideration | | The City Council at a special meeting held last night received fifty-two applications for liquor. beer and wine licenses. There | were thirty-five approved, denied and nine deferred for fur- ther consideration. The list follows: Approved — Marvil’s Habana-Madrid,' Osceola Bar, Windsor Lane-Saloon, 401 Greene street, Cabrera Wholesale, 934 Division, 1106 Duval, Lopez at 900 Simonton, 416 Petronia, RuSsell at 201 Duval corner Greene, 422 Pe- toma, 520 United, 629 Duval, 316 Petronia, Pena at 44 Masonic Lane, James and Grinnell, Trum-! bo Craig Dock, 625 Duval, Lopez Wholesale at 207 Duval, ‘lTrumbo J. K. Wynn, Saunders at Grinnell near Division, 722 Duval, 801 Thomas corner of Petronia, Rus- sell,at 610 Duval, Samoa Club on Trumbo, Barbecue Stand at 300 Front street, Frank Sabini at 124 Associated Pre Press Day Wire For 61 Pt sade te the Best Interests of Key West TRED CROSS GROUP: CONDUCTS MEETING REPORTS OF DIFFERENT OF- FICERS ARE HEARD EVENT WILL OPEN FIRST) ANNUAL CLEANUP, PAINT- UP AND FIXUP CAMPAIGN FOR KEY WEST Junior chamber of commerce jmembers late this afternoon were preparing for the Duval street parade which at 8 o’clock tonight | !will open their first. annual “clean-up, paint-up, fix-up” cam- | | paign. i | The Jaycees, with as many, | government, does not come with- ,in Florida’s legal definition of a |erator of the Boat Bar. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the West To Take Up Strike Issue With Carpenters This Afternoon TOURIST SEASON EXPECTED TO BE Ruling. that the San Carlos hore yesterday afternoon. ©The school, operated by the Cuban order makes’ it possible for all of theliquor and beer-selling estab- lishments in the San _ Carlos vicihity to obtain their licenses, as they. have in the past. Doubt of the legality of their | operation was cast early this year when Attorney Gen. J. Tom Wat- |son handed down a ruling that the Taylor brought suit against E.;staté law forbidding liquor sales W. Scarborough, state beverage! within 300 feet of a school or inspector, and County Tax Col-jchureh must be interpreted as school, Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez yesterday issued a per-; emptory writ of mandamus fo: ing the issuance of state and coun- } ty licenses to Robert Taylor, op- weserreeres |Will Ask Men To Return \TEXT OF BUREAU’S | to ORDER TO CAPTAIN | Work Tomorrow Morning; Meeting At Cabana, ' other citizens as they are able to jeolleet, will drive from South; SEEK PARADERS DURING SESSION The regular monthly meeting | of the Board of Directors of the! | American Red Cross was held: last night at the office of the ‘executive secretary in the Fed- eral Building. ‘owners to meet at 7 o'clock Prof. Horace O’Bryant, chair-} Se the. feat Beech: sed. of heard reports from the! Production, First Aid and Home! The parade will begin to Nursing chairmen, Richard H.| move at 8 o'clock, giving an Kemp, treasurer, gave his report! our for the drivers to get on the chapter finances. Mis: peney: a Leonor M. Warren, executive Beach down Duval street, dis- secretary, reported ‘on the five- playing posters and with brooms day institute which she recently, and brushes tied to their cars. attended in Ocala, Fla. ; Later, the organization will Mrs. Wm. R. Warren, chair- stage a dance at La Concha ho-! iat Peodeetl di i (tel, officially opéning the cam- | man *oduction, made @ StfOng ‘pnaign and raising funds for its plea for workers both for sewing continuation over a three-month and knitting. here 1s a large period. The dance is scheduled! Joe Pinder, chairman of ie the Jaycees’ “cleanup, fix-' i up, paint-up” commitiee, to- day urged all automobile” | | { \ i | 1 Duval street to take part in the parade tonight. }man, quota to be met by December 31; to start at 10 o’clock. and material to be made up in-' Joe Pinder, chairman of the to garments and yarn for knit- | “clean-up, paint-up, fix-up” ting are on hand in the Red Cross committee, has announced that Joe C. McMahon, neither contested. Judge Gomez, who Finn Attackers Stalled By Reds In The North; Germans bas | Still Hitting At Leningrad | has been tion, of the law, which had meas- ; Suffering from a cold for several| ured the 300 feet as a man nor- ide issued the mandamus at his! mally would walk. lector but!“the crow flies’... ‘The ruling changed the previous interpreta- BEST IN YEARS « ‘STATE HOTEL COMMISSION. | ERI(MAKES REPORT om OUTLOOK ON RETURN To! TALLAHASSEE | } ‘i i | (Special to The Citiz-m TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 26.— There is every reason to believe} (My Annociated Prena) that the forthcoming tourist! 26.—Ger-j children have flocked to the de-}Season will be the best in the) NEW, YORK, Sept. |man armies attacking Leningrad | fenge of their homes in putting out | history of Florida as a winter | are fighting between 15 and 20! fires as soon as they are started. miles from the city, and Finn at-| |tackers in the north have been; a, thé central theater were. widely stalled by the Red defenders, | playground, according to Hunter} G. Johnson, state hotel commis-; sioner, who has just returned| Claims at Variance | German and Russian claims in! Berlin communique admitted to-| different, but both sides indicated | to Tallahassee from an extended | day. The German bulletin, following | ress there. | reports in which the Nazis were; ‘said to be fighting in the city’s si of | hi the Reds that they have hurled! attack east of Kiev, but the Nazis the attacking armies back a dis- | tol of a great victory in the same i streets, supported the claims tance of from 10 to 15 miles. tour of the state. i During his tour, Mr. Johnson! According to the Moscow ver-} discussed the outlook with ‘hun-| German panzer divisions ;@teds of hotel and apartment | been routed in a day-long house men as well as managers | of motor camps, rooming houses | and restaurants and wide-awake | secretaries of chambers — of \that a major struggle is in prog- jarda and declared that 492,000 U, S. NAVY RADIO DISPATCH | To: Commanding officer, U. S. Naval Station, Key West, Fla. Relative September 13 car- ‘penters’ application for wage imerease, bureau is informed /that.carpenters have left work ‘with statement that they have gone fishing. Bureau con- siders this a subterfuge to ‘avoid violation of letter of re- ‘cent agreement between fed- ‘eral construction agencies and AF of Lu ‘Bureau considers that ac- tion pf carpenters constitutes @ strike and direct violation of agreement. Under these circumstances. bureau cannot consider car- ‘penters apvlication for wage increase while thev are in vio- lation of agreement. Bureau ‘will be pleased to give im- mediate consideration to ap- Pplicaticn if and when carpen- ters return to work. Bureau understands also that labor- ers have gone on strike in j which Capt. Russell S. Crenshaw Courthouse 6 O’Clock |. Tom Watson, Florida's attor- ney general, today appealed to all Key West citizens to atiend a | meeting at the courthouse at 6 o’clock this evening when he will | ask striking carpenters and labor-~ ers to return to work. The attorney general, who ar- | rived here early this morning | after flying from Tallahassee to Miami, will promise the strikers a full investigation of their claims (if they will resume operations on two defense z Jobs. tomorrow morn- ing. Pointing to an order of the” bureau of yards and docks in | was orderéd to shut down opera- tions unless the men return, violation of their agreement. commerce who keep in cline | ners have been’ taken since - Duval, Busy Bee at 905 Simon- workroom.. The production group i meets every Tuesday and Friday ton, #12 Olivia, Horseshoe Cafe afternoons from 2:00 to 5:00. at. 602 Duval, Niagara Cafe at Those who find it ~Anggnyenient Ot Division, ~ Russell “at” 910% to “attend the meetings may et | Fleming, Delmonico Restaurant‘ or knit at home. at 218 Duval. | Mrs. M, E. Berkowitz report- free estimates will be made for | citizens considering repair or paint jobs during the next three the committee. has | shells from-—weves: of Stuka. ‘Continued oh Page Four) | bombers and big guns which rin; leity. They admitted, however, Berlin said defenders of the old | F \ czarist capital are being ome oi to a continuous rain of bombs afd thé entire southern side of the! battle began. ~ t con with the situation. ting at Odessa; Russia’s be-| “I bop everybody in a fine Black Sea port, else; has frameof. mind. flamed up with the Reds pouring Prospects for a good season”, out of their defenses to smash Said Johnson. “This was true back the combined German and along the coasts, but in the in-/ ~ Denied—Lopez at 726 rear Si-' monton, Tynes at 513 Fleming, Boat Bar at 503 Duval, Howe Street Cafe at 1016 Howe, Star Cafe at 524 Duval, Ortega’s Place at 504 Petronia, Deterred for further considera- | tion—Broadway at Smith’s Lane, Cafe at 100 Simonton, Blackwell at 532 Margaret, 716 Emma street, 116 Fitzpatrick, 209 Ame- lia, 132 Simonton, Orta at 1028 Whitehead, 641 Greene street. A communication was read from Mayor Albury informing the council that he had appoint- ed Clarence Crowley as a police officer to succeed Officer Mac- farland, resigned, and requested the board's confirmation. The appointment was confirmed. Prof. Hamilton of the Division | Street School addressed the board and requested that cer- tain equipment at Bayview Park be moved to the school grounds for the benefit of the children. The request was granted. The budget ordinance and oc- cupational license ordinance were passed on their final Fea Sep, KERMIT PENT HELD. UNDER $50 BOND Kermit Pent, 809 Sawyer’s Lane, was held under $50 bond today on a charge of reckless drving after an accident last night in which an occupant of the car bit nearly through his tongue, I ed that 115 had completed the Standard course in First Aid and} 31 have completed the Advanced course. Twenty-three have aP-| plied for the Instructor’s course. Classes in First Aid will be | sumed as soon as more instruc- | tors are available. Certificates | for those who have completed the Standard course and pins for those who have finished the Ad- | vanced course may be ealled for at the office of the executive; secretary. | Mrs. Wm. T. Fripp, chairman ; of Home Nursing, is making an efort to secure registered nurses | to teach Home Nursing. Classes in this field will be started as soon as instructors are found. S. M. Goldsmith kindly offer- ed his assistance to the commit- jtee in charge of Roll Call Pub-:tests of the coming city election. | stone” of Japanese policy. ‘icity. Another meeting of the board will be held on Monday night jconie ‘out on top this year, hav-){he'driniversary of the date when Hitler to permit her military esi when Gritz Thompson, execu-|ing obtained the support from’ Japan became a member of. the | laboration with the Asda’ to take ht itive director of the Dade Coun- ty Chapter of the American Red Cross, will discuss with the imembers the importance of early | planning for the Roll Call drive | from November 11th to the 30th. ADVISORY Provisional Advisory 10:30 | A. M. (EST).—The hurricane in the Caribbean was central at 7 A. M, (EST) near latitude 14 to 15 N. and longitude 75. W., mov-; ing west or west-northwestward | about 17 m.p.h. Caution advised vessels in its path. WEATHER BUREAU. County Judge Sets Deadline On Auto Two thousand or more Key} West automobile drivers will be forced to take examinations if| they fail to get their licenses before next Wednesday, County} Judge Raymond R. Lord reveal- ed today. | Declaring that applications for! licenses have come unusually slowly this year, Lord said he has been ordered to demand exam-} inations of all those who fail to; get their permits by October 1. Under existing regulations, driv- ers do. not need to take examina- tions if they were granted licens- es last year, ‘ i Drivers’ Licenses Since Judge Lord’s office be-} gan issuing licenses Sépt. 2, only 1,738 have been granted, in} contrast to the 4,087 of all class- es issued last year. Last year’s figures reveal that |417 chauffeur’s licenses were is- | sued, 20 special chauffeur’s, and 3,650 to operators. This year, 174 permits have gone to chauffeurs, 43 to junior operators, and 1,521 to operators. \The junior operator class for drivers under 18 was set up this year. ‘ROBERT LEWIS | SEEKS POST OF | POLICE CAPTAIN, “BOBBY” SAYS IF CITIZENS WANT CITY CLEANED UP| | ELECT HIM AND HE'LL DO} | THE REST | Robert J. Lewis, better known as “Bobby”, today makes his for- | mal announcement for the of- | !fice of Captain of the Police and begins what is predicted to be one of the most interesting con- Bobby states that he has every) { ‘peason to believe that he « will; jinfluential, citizens and civie' leaders throughout the commun~{ j ity. | In tossing his hat in the ring,’ Mr. Lewis makes the following, | statement: “To my friends who have |requested me to again offer my- | self as a candidate for the office | ;of Captain of Police, I wish to} assure them that if elected I will perform the duties of the office | !to the best of my ability and as la credit to the city. “There is no reason why the icity of Key West must be com- jpelled to get officers from the state to perform the duties of the Police department, while in! ithe city there are competent men | who, if elected to the office, could jenforce the city ordinances as! they are written.in the city. “If elected to the office I promise that the traffic viola- tions and other promiscuous vio- lations of the, law that are now! jgoing on in the city will be| stopped, I will see that your; public. parks»,have ample police | protection and not remain as ‘they are today. A ‘I am an American citizen, born and raised in the city of |Key ‘West and know what is {needed to make our beautiful city one that all will appreciate. “In conclusion, if you want a city that you can be proud of, I} solicit your vote. Do not say jatfer the election as you are |now saying—that the city needs | to be cleaned up. If you want good government, elect me and [me I do not do my duty, recall me”, | that the ground attacks are show- i days. ‘Japan Switches Around Again; |Japan’s establishment of a new order can be balked by the United | ‘GROUP FAVORS { not only in the. resort centers | ‘Rumanian armies, Moscow said. i A bulletin said 50,000 Germans ‘and Rumanians were _ killed, wounded or captured in that area’ during the first two weeks of September. terior of the state, aswell, Ad- vance registrations were never. so heavy at’ this timie of year! TOD than they are this season, I was ff . told by terally hundreds ede ae hotek:and apartment house man- | agers, and in those resorts where | pecs Bera of winter . visitors are encouraged by chambers of commerce, as ‘at Clearwater, St. More Favorable Toward Axis |e Sees Sens ing less success than in recent Mpscow revorts admitted the German bombardment, but they | declared old men, women and (By Ansoctated Prews) NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Japan’s | government, through an official) }spokesman, today executed a) seeming about-face from previous | announcements of the past few) | days, announcing that the Berlin- | Rome-Tokyo Axis still is the “key | and St. Augustine, to, mention aa y i si dapalatad Podunk out the North, East and West as Bae wh the Key Worth, Wést Palm Beach, Or- "ENDEAVORS T0 only a few, great increases over LAST EVENING [former years, are being shown. ‘ “The spirit of optimism found | ; in Florida is also shown by man- | KARA, —| well as by railway passenger of- pi Turkey, Soet: 0 cchals Uiesehint Oy Set! Ne pen v A. Blaser, Ni snanager” Tiogiap tide A pee “ev Boe: |qeatet inthe Lions D | SHOWN BY GONZALO BEZA- lando, Sanford, Daytona Beach agers of travel bureaus ‘through- | his tyavek; eallxtca ‘The announcement came on the Seeking to avoid conflict with’ ‘eve ‘ot tomorrow’s celebration of Russia, Bulgaria has asked Adolf, “Railway, writing “teens Aermaereet 2: Axis, Japanese newspapers” at the Same time dropped their’ recent show of friendliness toward the, United States, declaring the im-| pression must be dispelled that request came as it was reported ‘that Hitler is seeking to mass a | Balkan army of 1,000,000 men to | relieve his soldiers in the con- | quered nations of western oak | rope. Opposition to a war with ‘ubin iis said to be widespread in Bul- }#* i garia, where the Slavie population | * SOME IN INCREASE is closely ‘related to that of the co Union, LITVINOFF WILL REPRESENT REDS (Rhy Annotated Prena) LONDON; Sept. ‘the form, of i j ‘diers in o¢eypied. countries, it was), | reliably pcre here today, than usual rule Lassa ee rd the alleged Bulga Pp to ve during r, | bast iy oie November and December and bay also are sits “ny more immasiria than ever from people | who are ini in travel to} Florida during the winter season. | Tourist and ticket agents all over. New England tell me that the States or Great Britain. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. — Senate finance committeemen, al. | though they consider Secretary of | the Treasury Henry Morgenthau’s i program for 100 per cent taxation | of profits over six per cent too} stringent, will vote for some kind.’ of increased excess profits tax, it! Litvinoff, one-time foreign was indicated today. ) pmissari ‘of Soviet oom Memibers of the committee, who, been: by aie, ae, at, ae ‘said they did not want “represent indicated. fortheoming eepastie | quotedon ‘a prediction, j that a less drastic program similar ence with Great Britain and beg M to that suggested by Morgenthau | United States, it has been an- is necessary. nounced here. puuitvinotf, long a friend of Great BRADY’S (Live) Poultry | theory that Germonyrmat ‘te and Egg Market theory that Germany bag be kept encircled by a ring of allied from Strictly Fresh Eggs Soft Bone Roasters Fryers powers, was government when Russia joined the Axis in 1939. Recently, it had been reported Stewers Roasters tn. Moscow. that he was back -ta! Dressed, Drawn, Cut Up To Stalin's favor, and his ‘ Please You as representative at the o 1214 White Street Phone 540/ence is his. most oe ERSTE DSIRE ENTS ieee