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

no rape Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted te the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 251. TO AVOID FIRES! t | STATE TREASURER SAYS IN-| TEREST SHOWN DURING | FIRE PREVENTION WEEK | Charging Broadway Market AIDS NATIONAL DEFENSE ‘Proprietor Ernest A. Rivero with jan attempt to “smear” labor i (Special to The Citizen) ithrough a statement published in Heavy Fighting Carried AVIATION PROGRAM 2aiSSiSen Si, — MEALS SS However, On, Between State Treasurer, J. Edwin Larson, Higgs. business agent of the car- Forces In Vicinity Ot: pat today that he was highly |.. “ridiculous” Rivero's allega- | | ratified with the cooperation re- tion that T. A. Weaver of the la- Moscow |GREAT ACTIVITY NOW BEING ceived throughout the state dur-| borers’ unions demanded $200 for Toward Russian Capital es * Che Key West Citizen = THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1941 5 Agen A Memb Ofer Made To Remove Pickets Lehigh’ Grew Were Reported Sale All Members Of Torpedoed Freighter £ Story About —— - : S 5 a ment to The Citizen. declared Britain Unable To Establish —_—e that the pickets did not appear in | front of his store until 9:15 Mo: day morning, when ordinarily they arrived at 9 o'clock. “Ev dently (he) held off until our an-| or ee Swer was received", Rivero said.| LONDON, Oct. 22 Higgs declared the pickets do/N© means at h mot report at the store at 9 tab! o'clock, and that signed time against the Ger sheets issued to make up the|; org Mons told :| ‘Western Front’ Against Nazis OTHER SECTIONS jinterest in this important work (ity Asnociated Press) | PSS : NEW YORK, Oct. 22—Snow j Was exeleners PY pioet Communi r oweeee ities with very practical results. and driving rains, coupled be * SEBRING, Oct. 22 (FNS)! He also said that active interest mew counter attacks by the Red in fire prevention was a direct Serer w<4Uncle Sam's aviation expansion er FRRCSES CAs ik been ht Germany's! - . _ ; contribution national defense 5 pperamhas: taken: this 2 10 | as it not only conserved vital sup- advance on Moscow to a halt. a tas the state out of the usual! plies and structures but helped in Soviet communique declared $0- | doldrums and is pouring out the training of volunteer fire day. ¢ jaround $150,000 weekly to the squads that might be needed in Partially confirmi the Red , approximate 3,500 men employed case of a national emergency. claims, DNB, official German i” the construction of the army's; Mr. Larson is’ also very pleased news agency, announced that the basic flying school near here. {with the favorable reaction to the ‘Mist armicc dieve-deckied on a Not only Highlands county Fire Prevention Regulations “slow encirclement” of the Red residents are being benefitted. | which as State Fire Marshal), he capital instead of a direct tront- | The workmen also come from the recently released. He has re- al assualt, and another report | #djoining counties, and as far Funes may slimes id time & “ ” inesvi ‘from fire chi % dell teeth ot Han eenemepeenee S07 Se'Gicinervlln: snd West nrm See chiets and muunicipal of in the eventual capture of the eee ; he: " manner in which this valuable city. jto the hotels, rooming houses, ‘contribution to fire prevention Heavy fighting before the cap-|TeStaurants and other _ busi- ‘has been presented. A number of ital was described by both sides, | nesses. cities have also assured him that however, and the Reds claimed; In addition to the influx of they will enact ordinances to ef- German parachutists in Russian| workmen, Sebring’s population fectuate the regulations. | SHOWN AT SEBRING AND ig fire prevention week. A real uniforms have been caught and has been increased by about 20 executed. | officers, 200 enlisted men, and °' NEW HIGH Kalinin, to the north of Mos-! large number of civil service RATE cow, and the Vyadma sector ap-| employes. The authorized strength } peared to be the scene of the of the school will be about 225 SET ON POSTA' fiercest fighting, with Moscow officers, 1,830 enlisted men, about | : declaring that the Germans are/15 nurses anid around 250 civilian! —_- fushing in reinforcements on bi- employes. cycles and in trucks to save ad-. The school is being built on a| la ee eee Oct. 22— vance forces from being hurled 9200-acre tract about five miles | © 45) A new high wd Postage on back. southeast of Sebring and about '* wine). Biece. of ee was estab- Berlin declared the Red armies two miles east of DeSoto City. It: tShed here this week when Mrs. before the capital are being bat- will have a mile frontage on both! aia Sg = a x ite a tered by hundreds of dive bomb- Lake Istokpoga and Red Beach ‘(re iey sys prichton Brglend, ers in an almost incessant aerial lake, where recreational areas sie pauls . i oy ~ 5A = onslaught. will be developed for the post! Fourteen dollars and | forty JUST RED PAINT vithdrawal of pickets from the ‘market. | Weaver refused to make any jStatement, declaring he would ‘leave the entire matter in the hands of his attorney. Admitting he could have no ‘more than hear-say knwoledge of what passed between Weaver and Rivero as they sat alone in a car Sunday afternoon, Higgs said it would be absurd to be-; ‘lieve Weaver had offered to | withdraw the pickets, with or without money. “Rivero dosen’t seem to under- stand how this picketing is be- ing handled”, Higgs said. “The laborers’ unions (of which Weav- er is business agent) haven't a thing to do with it. The car- penters voted to put the pickets in front of the market, and nei-! ther Weaver nor I could take them off”. Although laborers have done the actual picketing of the mar- ket for the past two weeks, they have been employed by the car- ‘penters’ union and have acted as ‘paid help for the carpentcrs. ; Rivero, describing Weaver's ‘alleged offer in a signed state- NAVY “LEAGUE OUTLINES: PROGRAM. - «" As a result of all the inspec- Pickets’ pay would show they did| 17 mot report on the job until near- <a i. ily noon Saturday, and until 11| ‘Defending the gove: o'clock Monday ifusal to attempt a landing “If I know the feeling of the/rope, the peer said “Engla union carpenters”, Higgs said,| no adop' “that store will continue to be | Chinese method of Picketed until Rivero sees to it s that every man working on his | wicide on her ene new building is a union man,; Any attempt a: a lar and that goes for carpenters, la-;he continued, wot borers, bricklayers and every-j|evitably to another. and » body else”. jmore costly, Dunkirk Rivero’s new store is being —— built by John Sawyer, soe; CHUCKLES OVER ter, and Rivero has protested against the picketing on the grounds he could not influence Sawyer’s actions. ‘SENTENCED TO POLISH ENGINES | DEMIC CF STORIES ON BACKING a published cute (By Associated Press) | MANY ACTIVITIES — WOODBURY, N. J.—Four high school boys in this city, charged intention of with turning in false fire alarms, By JACK STINNETT Reutrebty ec Weasel _ Wil = were sentenced -by Judge Frank AP Feature Service Writer ke ay aie ge a a ee == Johnson to report to the fire’ WASHINGTON Oct. kworty memes pemie>p cm «¢ Cae ape house and polish the engines Counting in senators, repre every Saturday until further no- :tatives, news men id observers : tice. I sometimes think there have been more capitalites than sol- {diers on army maneuvers this; ‘year. Fl: i i tions, one of Washington's i | maneuver stories. . — i i 3 * | Most often heard are these SE-ELECTION I TODATS at Sus = oa j (Special to The Citizen) about the use of imaginary weap | wasineaoe" Sr” 2 CLEM PRICE OUT [Ss eo | SS ‘Navy Day, the anniversary of private who verbally bang. pr “a ‘Theodore Roosevelt's birthday? FOR COUNCIL SE4 banged until he was out of In today’s meee of The Citieee — ‘and the day upon which the breath at an enemy private walk- will be found tee fecal ae -_ nation aneauils sokace the navy, | ing down the road. When the ene- nouncement af Lemaxd & Gelb “Bae 2. an a — ! will again be officially sponsored |My still refused to drop dead. lon, whe & making the moe ter nae ees Soe by the Navy League of the Unit-' ACTIVE WORKER FOR CHAM- ‘he irate private shouted at him: re-clection as Cay Counctiees a — o _ Lend ed States, Oct. 27. ‘ The Navy League, which ‘founded the celebration i9 years } ago, has been designated sponsor jof the nation-wide celebration and assured of full navy depart- ment cooperation by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, in a ‘letter to Commander Sheldon !Clark, president of the Navy | League. The following message |was received by Commodore ‘Clark from Secretary Knox: | “I am delighted to designate {the Navy League of the United States as the official sponsor for ithe observance of Navy Day of 1941. “The observance of Navy Day this year takes on a greatly ex- |panded significance. The navy is jalready recognized as the great- est navy in the world, and, when ithe building program which is ‘Now in progress is completed, we Reports from the south differ- personnel. jealey wes ie pore! er eS ed in the two capitals, Moscow! The commanding officer of the ee e ate insisting that there, too, the base is Major L. H. Rodieck,; = Germans have been stopped,,who has supervised the con- fate ee Fount pl while Berlin's bigh command said 'struction of eight other schools | yyjc5 Emily Heyer. her sister-in- mechanized columns are cutting throughout the nation. feck fap hace nuptial affair, which Seapetoio Toe Donets besin. The schcol is under the juris- will take place in Efigland on No- |diction of Brig. General Walter | — bas 6th. In aedes 60 eae Reed Weaver, commander of the “yy. ee JUST PIECES OF tBoathoes Ade Cane roan antee delivery in the British Isles e 3 by that date it was necessary to PAPER; NO MONEY center, Maxwell Field, Mont-isond the package by airmail, via (By Associated Press) if am ;clipper ship. SPRINGFIELD, O., Oct. 22—A | ho Se, SEAS workman from neighboring Ken- REV. KING TAKES ‘DR. JULIO DE P00 tucky, employed in a big plant ' here, strolled over to his fore-/ OVER NEW DUTIES: man and reported he had been } OUT FOR COUNCIL on the job six weeks without be- eae | nine to | The Rev. T. King, s3.| ) The foreman learned the man’s we Rev. Terence King, SJ., % checks had been issued regularly sent here by the Provincial of LOCA PUNE CIAN SHAS: Eat but the employe remained obdu-' the Jesusits as the new curate of | TERED POLITICS FOR rate. St. Mary’s church, has taken up) T “No, sir’, he insisted, “ I never his duties as auxiliary chaplain! FIRST TIME did get any money. All they ever in Key West, it was announced | ave me were slips of r tell- | today. Be how much iy ee”. Father King, who holds the! Acceding to the requests of his rank of major in the army re- friends, Pe. Julio 4. Detoo. chair- serve, will hold masses both man © 2 arlos Institute, to- eae He the army barracks and at es iday made a last minute entry into :Shall have on both oceans naval BUFFALO.—Firemen of this naval station. jthe race for city council ee ee: OMe] city rushed their colleague, Wil-| Coming here from Spring Hill| “This is the first time I have) aoa ee | liam Denney, to a doctor shout-|college, Mobile, Ala, he is a been a candidate for a political of-| ae jae ey Ape your great ing that he was bleeding to death charter member of the American fice,” the doctor said this morning ; nis : of the navy and from injuries received fighting a Legion aat Tampa, and served |in tossing his hat into the ring. “If! ®5°ring you of our fullest pos- fire. The doctor found that a'both whim the AEF in France | am elected, my only concern will |! e Sue in order to! can of red paint had burst in his and the army of occupation in | be the welfare and the interests of , Mke the Navy Day of 1941 face. i Germany. | the city of Key West.” j great success, T am, yours truly, | Dr. DePoo, who has practiced | Frank Knox”. i cs ““-~————=" | medicine for 20 years, seven of! In a recent visit to Washing- 2) ithem in Key West, has been ap- | ton, for completion of extensive ie | pointed selective service examiner | Plans. for radio broadcasts, Navy | physician here, and in addition to.Day dinners being held in the ? jhis affiliation with the San Car-{Various states and communi- “Key West is growing,” the doc-! \ “Today, lovers of liberty} itor explained, “and she needs{throughout the Americas are; (By Associated Press) more than ever before the full co- ;8Tateful for the presence, on the} VICHY, Oct.” 22. — Speaking; “It is the duty of the people of ; operation of her citizens. I am Sea and in the air, of the power-! only a few minutes after the an- | France to see that this killing is' glad to put my name on the bal-jful fleets of the United States nouncement that another German stopped,” Premier Petain de-} lot.” Navy. Dedicated to the defense! army officer has been murdered ,clared. “There is a bloody mark} Dr. DePoo is one of the citizens | of democracy, they are now} at Bordeaux, Premier Henri ‘across the face of France.” | urged to run by a committee head- | standing strong and ready against | Philippe Petain today called upon. Nazi officials, sternly warning |ed by Everett Russell, president|the evil forces in the world. We! the French people in a radio ad-'of even more severe reprisals for jof the chamber of commerce. want to honor those who brought | Fifty Frenchmen were executed immediately made public, imme-/} salute the officers and men who) yesterday in reprisal for the mur- diately began arresting another 50! jare now carrying on its mag-| premier told his people, and 50 been killed in a burst of shots by j more will die tonight unless the | four youths, who fled before the j Reserved Seats—Simone Tours [year 1941—the slogan ‘The Na-| tion Salutes the Navy’. | % |los body, is a member of the Elks, |ties. and huge public demonstea-\ HMipsons and is a Knight of the!tions, Commodore Clark stated , Golden Eagle. i254) 3 jthe theme for Navy Day of 19412} dress to end the attacks on Ger-'the slaying of the army man in; j this great organization into exist-| mans in their country. Bordeaux, whose name was not} jence, and plan to appropriately | der of the German Lieut. Gen. hostages to be killed. | I V v IN nificent tradition”. Carl Holtz Monday at Nantes, the} The officer was said to have! | With this theme in view, a BEDS 22s Ss adopted for Navy Day of critical killers are turned over to the|German soldiers could reach the Nazis by midnight. scene. ti | “What's the matter with you, sol Mr jdier, I shot you with a rifle, 2 » | pistol and a machine gun?” The candidacy jenemy kept on walking, just | turning his head to yell back, < c Being one of the last to qualify | “What's the matter <> you, that lam making Ge cx as a candidate for councilman but bags ~_—s = eg “ | But these aren't the only stor- the city commimke mb @ Predicted by his friends to be one | jes being told and some of them mipistration of the sameus of the first on the ticket on No-/ have a little more basis im fact vember 11, Clem C. Price today | ; enters the race. Now serving as chairman of the! maneuvers, Jt was pouring ram before the Monroe County Draft Board, Mr. | and the boys were standing ankle- BER OF COMMERCE AND OTHER BODIES f rl } ’ / , i nde iW vil i rll f | : I fist i i | ii Price has always been an active deep in mud As the order was “There 5 one Git a a ae civic worker. Especi has he/eiven, one soldier piped up: that I would Me Tee 8268 coe ae = bed gamed Accoioane tie on ‘-Swell, new fets all Sing “God with a great é oe a ce ee: * merce work, serving as a director | Bless America’—end leave. ogi that whch » thet | heer ahaa =. o> .. of that organization. Louisiana”. 7° @ stood frm os al meee commg =i See anng af te Lengh. Mr. Price is offering himself as; Louisiana came m for another before the admumamatwe Gage, & SS Get cee pe” a candidate, being urged by his/one in a story about the hurri- voting accerdimg te the Gacumes Gap Set Gite Goal Ghat Ger many friends, in the belief that! cane. The 135th Medical corps of_my conscience Im other warts gieces Ghe Giese Gee Gee cou jhe can be of service to the city| was camped in lowlands near I have endemwored te ately She soe coceesiy am sell Sie al during the coming administration. | Jennings when the storm blew @ imterest of the city and Mts pecgie His only promise is that he will | flood into the camp. A conscien- 2s = whole wogking ecomningtr <n af atmos an ae ever work towards the city’s best | tious lieutenant. eager to be posi- at all times —=— ee interest, never sacrificing the |tive that all his men had gotten “In conclusion I want co ate = = good of the community for the! out, went wading knee deep that im the ewent Ghat I ae op 4 Se See eee cee personal gain of any group or in-|down the company street, poking ciected. that yes cas Gqpem ===) Seeeete : = ‘dividuals. On this basis he asks | his head into every tent. In one. upon me to render Ghe same ce SSO Ge eee ee z the consideration of the voters. jhe discovered a grinning private. biased. courmess Gr ant == = 22 =o Whether elected or not, Mir. jsitting cross-legged on his cot cient service as I hase Game = © @ 0 Gee Gt eee Price hopes that during the next | holding a stick im his hand from the past sagr ape Se Ge 3 | administration, the people of Key | which dangled a couple of yards “Tl seen te vote anc suppee “R West will give the new council/of stout cord. “What the devil of the entire ciectermete aul © {their undivided support and co-|are you doing?” the lieutenant ‘successful @ =o mace I cll operation as only through this |shouted. The soldier eyed his every ¢ita pumice = can those things be accomplished j officer i “Can't you see. which will push Key West ahead, | sir The tent'’s inl economically and otherwise. ORLAND, Fla—C\°E. Weeks, | “THE Jr of this city, realizing that he was. néar death, gave instructions the aluminum scrap heap, so “I| When a farmer's furnace in way.”