The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 7, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interésts of Key West * NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Ger- Moscow. Five thousand planes f APPROPRIATE RULES FOR/many’s greatest drive of World will be used to assist ground 4 Five Dollar Federal Tax OOOO OMOML 4, sare paivinc IN PROMO- sy he Sea ee | i ' Will Be - Ie Ad- EDITOR RUBS ELBOWS: TIONAL PROGRAM he has massed more than 1,500,- Russians Counter-Attack A Required | WITH ROYALTY: ALSO: ;000 men in three armies of a half: Heavy Russian counter attacks, ition To A i 4 H — {million each for a giant pincer for which considerable success Other License «pyts ON THE DOG’. (Specir* > rhe Citizen) movement on the Russian capital were claimed, kept the Germans Costs | | ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. aa ree tes Sang in = sections of the | \“blitzkrieg” on traffic accidents | m y the leu- ‘vast Eastern front. 1 bere og ad Feanga, ahr by the Fourth {rer in his recent speech to the’ The Russian high command is- alte and ing on {Corps Area Quartermaster. | Reich, an all-out drive to crush ‘sued a communique today listing In addition to an extra $5.00 the servers —— is | Realizing that defense driving is — eae has now entered ‘the destruction of 138 German H ua ' igadi | its final phase. tanks and 31 planes and claimed federal tax placed on automobiles) li in 2. day's business “for a a ee Accaillias reserves and rently 4040 ke Selding the cucer an oll this year, many Florida auto-| Wildwood Echo jArea Quartermaster, has en--Plug any gap created in Hitler's fronts. <4 The eed of :Volved a system to educate nearly / front line panzer units and huge _ British reports of fighting in mobile owners will find their Wind: pms ash- | 100,000 drivers of army vehicles | quantities of war materials have Russia were less inclined te be S i fo aemne, jin the principies of highway | beem assembled to blast a path to, optimistic over the new German 1942 state auto licenses higher| imgton aboard the Silver | yj ari - a , | ‘Meteor, took advantage of a ‘safety: ; | i drive and indcated that the new * mentum. i This information was contained ei three pet pooches. Dur- iotgih fy “yey la mee | i a gs iuug the Duke's stroll he paus- _ as see | in a bulletin issued by Henry J.| oq before the office of the |CrPs Areas in the United States, | ARE BEING ISSUED STUDENTS LEARN BY Driggers, state vehicle license' Echo and chatted amiably and the fact that a large majority | ; MAN AGING HOME commissioner and was received at with Editor Maddox. who in- aig Shes Se = i = Hig a oi | troduced le or no experience in suc! usiness firms in the county arrears the office of Joseph C. McMahon,’ ‘ene steed racecar] phases as convoy driving and! are responding to the notice is- Ay Associated Prem } county tax collector. “Tilley”. who at once won “Diackout” driving, the task of'sued by Joseph C. McMahon,! HANCOCK, Mu. Oct. 7—Han- New scale is as follows: the friendshi ok Uae Gc ing developing a corps of superior op- ! county tax collector. concerning cock high school students a! T Series: Net weight of 2,000 ond bis ried erators at first assumed gigantic’ occupational licenses now due. _' #©@™ing home economics in sty Ibs. or less, $5.00. This range) "A tne arin ee proportions \ "Incidently, most 1941.42 licens- /#2 = Six-room brick house co takes in model T Fords, Austins, s.505 she stati je esi Much of the army’s present-day |es have been reduced, something Pletely furnished. and a few Willys. — gave Edi driving is under simulated war-| out of the ordinary in this era of _ TRY use the kitchen for bak- Plain Series: Net weight over and his daughter, Edith, fare conditions where each driver ‘more and higher taxes. ing and cooking, other rooms for | 2.000 Ibs. and not more than 2,500,; farewell pores = \must use his own judgment in stars 2 interior decorating, and the $10.00. This takes many models Iped moving across rough countryside grounds for landscaping in an of the lower price cars out of this a — > 2 at fast speeds. STR. COLORADO unique work experiment home. Fange as the maximum weight in apie pores ciate gran Appropriate rules for safe driv- : «| The school board found it more the plain series last year was 3,-, despite the fact that he is |iMé are of known value in pro-; ARRIVES IN PORT economical to buy the house ad- |, 050. ‘ ' ex-king of the British Em. moting safety and preventing ac- | joining the school than to build D Series: Over 2,500 and not pire”. said Editor Maddox. ‘eidents. On the dashboard of all! an addition to the school more than 3,500, $15.00. Last (Continued on Page Four) j comm or SE year’s maximum in this class i —_—— | * The steamer Colorado of the GOWN SILK was 4,050. SLIILIDI LS ;Clyde-Mallory Steamship com- agp str W Series: Net weight over 3,- NAVY IS PRAISED pany arrived in port this morn-| EVANSTON, lll—At her re- 500 and not more than 4,500, TORNADO STRIKES ing from New York with a cent weddng to Richard K. West : $20.00. 1941 maximum in. this FOR COOPERATIO heavy shipment of freight; mech in this city, Miss Betty Lingle on group was 4,051. AROUND MISSOURI of which was steel for construc-' wore a gown made from a silk } In yp egg esa class (not ge oe {tion work. parachute in which Mr. West sad many ese in Monroe county)! } The steamer; after discharging once escaped from a disabled Sr WW. Séries*the net #eight is) ‘ THANKED FOR EFFORTS DUR- i;, cargo, left enroute to Tampa. airplane. Sj over 4.500 and license fee. $25.00. TWO HUNDRED HOMES ARE wo THREATENED TROPI. |———_________ = aa Truck licenses will remain the! WRECKED; SIXTY PER | oe \jomrrm “cau sivonsance | JAPANESE PAPER CARRIES STORY ' Not many Monroe County resi- SONS INJURED i { dents seem to care (to the extent “ | of paying $1.00 extra)" what the Navy deparment_ as ees RELATING PROGRESS IN KEY WEST i number of their licenses will be as (By Axnociated Press) Praised for the splendid co-j ay Mies feronly 14 have sescrved| KANSAS CITY, : Oct. 7—Two | Paration siven the Monroe Ciun-| Swe ah special numbers. Captain Cor- hundred homes were wrecked 'Y Defense Council during the re-/ : 5 a West j nelius Peterson's car will have the! and damage amounting to more °C®t threatened tropical disturb-; 5. Fry Saba deg SE ho Time ond Rdeontons: Ela: i distinction of carrying 38 D 1/ than a million dollars reported in @8C¢ according to Albert J. Mills, janguage newspaper in Tokyo. j license plate, Everett Rivas 38 D 2, the wake of a tornado that swept ©*ecutive Sear: | : : William A. Coaklev 38 D 3, M. P| this city early today. cipeerants Facet and, Adsmas { } Green 38 D 4. Fred Knapp. 38D 5,; Sixty persons were in the of the local station were members! The quaint little island city, of ulation of 25,000 about 1896, then jw" John Gilbert Miller, 38 D 6. Eliza- hospital from injuries sustained. ©f 2 Patty of 11 Key Westers saved from slowly declined, anci lost most of VOLUME LXIL. No. 238. omens he Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. beth Sharpley, 38 D 8, Al Mills, 38 D 13, Addah Ramsey, 38 D 43. Some licenses will coincide with phone numbers, such as Mrs. C. D. Harrington, 38 D 167, Reginald Pritchard. 38 D 548. Guy Carle- ton’s number will be 38 D 100. JOHN BROWN’S VEST RETURNS FROM GRAVE (Rr Ascocinted Preve) BRUNSWICK, Md. Oct. 7.— John Brown wore a vest to his hanging at Charles Town, W. Va.,' in 1859, and thereby created a tax problem for the state of Maryland some 80 years later. ! The vest, brown with red polka dots, was saved from the personal effects of the celebrated Harper’s Ferry abolitionist by the Charles! Town jailer, and popped up here} as part of an estate. | And the demon tax collectors’ of Maryland proclaimed that the Sarment must be duly appraised ; and, most assuredly, taxed. Orphans’ court officials found a local historian who was willing to undertake the assignment. After some research, he sat the valua- tion at $50—probably 10 times what J. B. paid for it. % i | { | i Hopes For Transferring War Tanks in a_cresote plant were thrown hundreds of feet, causing much destruction of property. ESPIONAGE SEEN IN SHIP SINKING (My Axxociated Vrexs) NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Indica- tions that espionaie may have played a part in the sinking of the American-owned tanker L C. White, which was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic last week, were advanced today by survivors. Possibility that somoene in au- thority mgiht have revealed the course charted for the ill-fated tanker was being investigated by authorities. The 1 C. White flew the flag of Panama and was operating in the British service. FATTEST MAN DEAD BUENOS AIRES—Juan Jose Fernandez Blanco, who weighed 613 pounds and was thought to be the world’s fattest man, died of a heart ailment here recently. Prisoners Are Dashed Again (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 7.—Hopes of the | 1,500 wounded German prisoners of returning to their homeland were dashed today when it was announced in the House of Com-} mons that negotiations between the two waring governments had} ‘First hold-up of the exchange | was the British refusal to include ;Certain civilian prisoners in the transfer. The Germans contended that under the Geneva conven- tion they were entitled to all collapsed because of the Ger-; Prisoners “medically unfit for fur- man’s breach of faith. The Nazis were hobbled about two British hospital ships in the port of New Haven, 60 miles from‘ Nazi-occupied France. | comrades Clerk for all - around store} duties, MONROE MARKET. ~ | ther military service.” The Ger- mans were reported dissatisfied with a man-for-man exchange. The wounded Germans who had expected by now to be with their across the channel showed signs of nervousness this morning when the ships failed to leave as planned. Be Higher ROAD ACCIDENTS which traveled the Keys from Key West to Homestead provided with a portable radio transmitter ‘ and ambulance outfit provided by ! the navy. ‘ With this equipment the party was ready to handic any emer-; gency. Residents of the Keys and the Homestead Red Cross were offered any assistance necessary ! should the disturbance have; caused a disaster. i AUTOMOBILES RUN | FOR THE FUN OF IT | IN SOUTHERN ORIENT | i (Ry Axnocirted Presa) BANGKOK, Oct. 7.—One of the; last places to 'ook for gasoline, in the fuel-starved Far East today, is in the gas tank of an auto-} mobile. | You may find almost anything | else in the tank—alcohol, char-j coal, potate peelings, or plain} kindling wood. But usually, not! gasoline. Armies at war, or wait- | ing for war, are getting practical-}| ly all their governments can buy | and import. The man with the private car gets whatever else he} can to make the old buggy run. Any substance that gives off in- flammable fumes is a substitute. Alcohol, distilled in large quan- ties from rice or maize, is the; accepted ersatz in the Southern Orient. It does very well, as a fuel. : An imsurance agent, working} for a Shanghai firm, actually uses ‘a Chinese rice-wine, noted for its high alcoholic content. He _has been known to stop and drain a cup or so from the tank on a long run. “T figure,” he explains, “that I need it more than the engine does.” Otto Kruger—Gloria Dickson in THE BIG BOSS also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS esccce KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1941 For Drie To, Crash Ris Associated Press) Key West, Florida, extinction several times through outside help, is on the upgrade again with a promise of brighter days ahead. Once a rollicking port of wrecking masters and; later a bustling cigar factory town, Key West fell upon lean years and almcst expired before finally being revived as a wim- ter resort, the New York Herald Tribune reports. The overseas highway built! ‘Henry M. Flagler’s $50,000,000 railroad viaducts resurrected ‘Key West, but one fundamental de- ficiency—a_ limited fresh-water supply—kept a definite ceiling on the city’s growth. This overgrown sandspit, half way” between Cuba and the Florida mainland, has no fresh water of its own. Key West's residents have always depended on rain water. Now plans are under way to Pump water from the mainland through 130 miles of pipe line, and Key West has hopes of un- limited tourist, industrial and even agricultural expansion. Old-Style City Despite its transition into a re- sort city, Key West retains much of the Old World charm that characterized the town in the 1800°s. Modern hotels and apart- ment. buildings have been built, but most of the homes are still frame dwellings. For years. the cry “wreck ashore!” was a. signal for most Key West citizens to drop their work. Richly iaden ships - fre-| quently piled up on tke treacher- | ous reefs. The wrecking masters staged many an exciting race to the distressed vessels, which they succored in exchange for shares of the cargoes. The war with Mexico brought the city into prominence as the site of a military and naval staton. Later thousands of Cu- ban political exiles sought secur- ity here, and at one time 106 fac- tories employed 11,000 persons to produce 100,000,000 cigars ed and sponge catching employ- ed 1,200 men on 150 vessels. The city reached its peak pop- | the future. its importance as a port when shipping routes were altered and the naval station was trans- ferred. In 1905 Henry M. Flagler, pio- neer of Florida's east coast, con- ceived the idea of connecting Key West with the mainland by \.. ‘building a railroad over via- ducts and the islets. For seven years workmen re- cruited in the North cut through jungle growth and built the road- bed through snake - infested’ swamps and over lagoons and Straits through which’ stfong ; ocean An estimated 200 men died in two hurricanes that lashed the keys during the railroad con- Struction and some of the work/ had to be redone. j ; On January 22, 1912, neverthe- | less, Mr. Flagler rode triumphant- ly into Key West on the first train to reach the nation’s south- ermmost city. Mr. Flagler died the next year, but the overseas extension earned $10,000,000 for his estate in the first decade of operation. Key West, however, was still having its troubles. The 1909 hurricane demolished many _ buildings and fires destroyed oth- ers. Thousands of persons mi- grated to greener fields When the railroad came the population already had dwindled ‘to 20,000. By 1934 only 9,250 persons re- mained. More than half‘of them were on relief. Climate Is Asset attractions and converting it into @ winter resort. The city's chief asset was its equable climate. Banded into a voluntary army of rehabilitation, the residents Then, in 1935. nature dealt the town one more terrific hurricane * (Continued on Page Four) ieee : OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG MEN HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION NOT DEMANDED AS CEN ERALLY BELIEVED BY PUBLIC Since nounced Uncle Navy sever a. were elig: high school ¢ Albert J. Mi the American “Navy enlistees be high school gradu: [Commander Milis {bitious and patriotic y low who wants to serve his coun- try as that opportunity now by he Unit = Navy R he must be gence, good able to pass certain physica mentai examinations. Now ever before, 100 questions. 50 a grade of cation is helpful just as it is im civili late Ss out Prof. Horace O'Bryant of the Key Wes: High “There are certain advantages for the high school graduate in the Navy”, he said. “He has 2 wider background to call upem jin earning advancement in posi- in English |may be sent to one of the Navy's! communications or clerical ‘schools. Recruits with a know- jledge or aptitude for handling |tools might be marked for a | trade or engineering course. Men | with college educations may | qualify for midshipman's train- ine courses in the Naval Reserve |and after their schooling period | they will report for active duty as officers with the rating of en- signs. “The Navy has four excellent trade schools to which new re- {cruits in either the regular Navy or the Naval Reserve may be Sent after a training period, pro- viding they pass entrance exam- i # ! 3 fF 8s 5 a ri i | if 5 F t ¢ ga? af rf Fi i f f 5 é } t f é | | destinati GR868 gee 8 ¢ i 4 | Ppa ns ) Tallahassee. i } i & : At Housing Projets: Se FECT SUCRE SO * = perese O Teme & FOUNDATION IS COMPLETED cum Seer FOR PROPOSED SUILDINc OPPOSITE BUS STATION T= oot «= Rae le a ee ee SS eee ee See Tes Boe Pee oes Par FE ee ee ema se eS Sa 2 fae ecw Soe = cae Ee See Soe fete = Sea ee eo eee — es ae * tee — =< i i v ir. ‘ rf he | 1 | & ; $ i tr i i / ’ st pe ree if 3 i i | ! f | i . i fy t