The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 28, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service Key Wee Fler La te Wes. wal nd [> For 61 Years Devoted te the country = — Best Interests of Key West range ene Che Key West Citizr é THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1941 -GOOPERATION OF ROAD DEPT VOLUME LXII. No. 256. Moscow Calls On People | Of Ukraine For ‘Last REGISTER FOR | Of Ussine For ‘st netz River Basin GRAND TOTAL OF REGIS- TRANTS ON CITY BOOKS! NEW YORK: Oct 28. Moscow SHOWN TO EXCEED SIX radio today called on the people THOUSAND VOTERS | of the Ukraine for a “last ditch | defense” of the important Donetz Registration of voters for the river basin as German mechan- Nov, 11 city elections this year ized forces continued to crash climbed over the 6,000 mark to forward through stubbornly re- top the 1939 figure by more than Sisting Red lines. 1,000, exceeding the 1937 total Apparently halted in the Mos- by nearly 3,500, Registration Su-| SW sector. the Germans claimed pervisor Eduardo C. Gomez an- D©W Progress in their. Ukraine nounced today. | drive today, and London military Complete lists of registered men said reports indicate the voters for the entire city showed Nazis are within 10 or 15 miles of @ grand total of 6,193, but elec- Rostov, important industrial tion officers explained that the city at the head of the Sea of figure will be reduced during the next week as persons who have Rae. died or moved away are elimin- Berlin claimed the capture of ated from the lists. Slavyansk, an important tank- Already completed, the list for building city north of Stalino in the First district, as an example, the Don river basin, and describ- showed 661 qualified voters, ed new progress in the attacks on while the entire registered list the Crimean peninsula. for that district containea 705, Aerial fighting over Europe. names. meanwhile, was ste, up dur- The registration lists by dis- meet we ae: tricts follow: First district, 7 Second district, 1,297; Third dis- trict, 695; Fourth district, 1,645;: e™ Italyan a raid which follow- Fifth district, 1,061,- and Sixth ed one of their few daylight at. district, 790; total, 6,193. tacks yesterday afternoon. In 1939 the First district had a’ British bombers also pounded qualified list of 556, with 5,127 German and Italian troop con- qualified for the entire city, centrations in North Africa, and bombers struck heavily at north-/ until Saturday, November 8. CITES LAW ON various vessels that are called off. candidates offering for election, valid, must buy Florida tags when privilege of casting their bal- have been sending to other states : . . West Contracts, Dies In Miami OUS OTHER SHIPS OF STEEL | | STRUCTURE | By JACK STINNETT j AP Feature Servies Writer WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Be-} jhind the major efforts of national ! defense, which got most of the which | almost invariably causes a roar of {Publicity, is a minor one {layman laughter and a disgusting | snort about “What the heck are| H ; those guys in Weshington up to anyway?” It’s the construction jof concrete ships to |shipping shortage. | The United States Maritime !commission now has bids on hand |for 100 such ships and before you ;join the “snorters,” let me present ithe case for concrete ships. Since ‘nobody contends that concrete ships ever will replace steel ones, or that a fleet of concrete freight- ers would ever be more fhan sup- Plemental in an emergency, jthere’s no need to go into any great debate on it. ! | In the first place, the 100 ships ;Row proposed are oil tankers or , barges—withcut motors. But they , are ships, nevertheless. A floating | freighter of 6,000 to 8,000 tons, be- | tween 300 and 400 feet long, with ;a@ 40-odd foot beam is no rowboat, jeven if it does have to have a tug r so alongside to get it places. An official of one shipbuilding receive the ing the night as Royal Air Force ,firm (the Newport Concrete Ship- building Co.) who built concrete ships in the World Wer claims; {these barges will cost only about half what steel ones would. He also told me he had put into his bid an agreement to deliver the first concreter in 120 days from date of contract and a ship a week thereafter from a shipyard with only eight ways for as long as the government wanted to take them. if he could live up to that, and only half of the 60-odd firms also bidding on the proposed 100 tank- ers could match it, think what would have happened to our po- tential oil shortage if such a ship- building program had been start- ed last spring to replace the motorship tankers turned over to Great Britain. As for concrete ships, they are nothing new. There were about 38 built during the World War and although the building of 12 by the U. S. Shipping Board at a cost of some $80,000,000 has been described often as a fiasco, the 26 built for the Army proved some- thing else again. For instance, the trim little river steamer, Gen. D. H. Rucker, completed in 1919, plied the Po- tomac for nearly 20 years between Fort Hamilton and the Navy Yard and it probably would be in serv- ice yet if it hadn't caught fire and burned (mot the concrete of course, the wooden superstruc- ture). An interesti:.g item in connec- {tion with the General Rucker is that in 1937, after it had been in jservice 18 years, the army of- | ficially reported the total cost of repair and maintenance of its hull had been $35. . while in 1937, the city had only Berlin countered with the claim It is expected that there will AUTO LICENSE out umexpectedly quite often, At the same time there are especially for city council, inter- their old licenses expire, Henry J. lots for their choice in selecting for licenses are guilty of a law Frank E. Mackle, Sr., promin- 2,774 qualified voters. that two Brit.sh ships totalling be a large number voting an which gives the voter in question OUT-OF-STATERS MUST GET ™many others who will be out of Service men stationed in Flor- est continues to mount, and it is Driggers, motor Vehicle commis- the various officials who will violation, and will be penalized ent Mami contractor whose firm A veteran of 35 years in the contracting business, Mackle was Noe on Je BING SOUGHT. IN PLAN 1 “See COMPLETE OVERSEAS. ROAD Cooperation of the state road plan would set federal department in a finance plan for the completion of Overseas High- way will be asked of Gov. Spes- sard L. Holland Thursday when members of the k idge district commission go before him with a Proposal that the road depart- ment lease the property. Worked out at a meeting of the commissioners yesterday on the suggestion of Robert Pentland, Miami member of the board, the FRANK PHELAN HELD ON BOND FIGURED IN ACCIDENT ON: HIGHWAY IN WHICH SEV- ERAL WERE INJURED Frank J. Phelan, 35, Atlanta, Ga., was bound over to criminal court under $250 bond this morn- ing on a reckless driving charge, the aftermath of an accident on Overseas Highway Oct. 18, in which Mrs. J. M. Samples, 22, Orlando Park, suffered serious injuries. Mrs. Samples still is in a Mi- ami .bospitei- under treatment for a brain concussion. Her sis- ter, Miss Julia Florine William- son, 27, Toledo, O., appeared in court today, although she suffer- e da broken nose and lacerations in the accident. Samples and his two-year-old daughter, Joan, were injured only slightly, while Clifford F. Raye, 37, New York City, who accompanied Phelan, was not hurt. Phelan was bound over by Peace Justice Franklin @ren- berg. NEGRO PLACED UNDER $50 BOND CHARGED WITH OPEN PRO- FANITY DIRECTED AT TWO COUNTY OFFICERS Abe Wright, negro, doesn’t like to see police officers in his section of the city, so Peace Justice En- rigue Esquinaldo this morning obligingly fixed things. Unless he produces $50 bond, he will be y jail until criminal court 17, which would leave the officers free to roam at will without incurring the Wright dis- pleasure ‘The negro was charged with open profanity, directed at Con- stable Bienvenido Perez and Chief : Deputy George Gomez Coal Miners ldleness Cause Absentee voting started yes- 13,000 tons were destroyed in an terday in the city clerk’s office air attack off the English port at the city hall, and will continue of Great Yarmcuth yesterday. absentee ballot this year due to the fact that many of the voters are members of boat crews on an opportunity to cast his ballot.) PLORIDA AUTO TAG WHEN due to the fact that he may not be here when the election comes OLD LICENSE EXPIRES town on election day, who will ida, although they may continue be accorded the same privilege. to use out-of-state automobile Due to the large number of licenses here as long as they are expected that an unusually large sioner, warned in a statement to number of electors will turn out the tax collector's office today. on election day to exercise their Driggers said service men who make up the coming city admin- if they do not obtain Florida istration. tags. Frank £. Mackle ing Ke [all , Handling Key is handling construction of the about 58. Physicians maval air base here and will gonstruct the $1,000,000 navy hos- had ordered him to take a rest of*two or three weeks in the ital, died shortly after noon Saenday at the Jackson Me- yi 8 on the grounds he had mori«l Hospital by Miami Lb nm gverworking here. He was the victim of a heart attack. GOOD DRY FILL Hauled and Leveled on your ground at a REASON- ABLE PRICE. Hurry and get while it lasts. CALL 755 CHARLEY TOPPINO 731 Caroline Street Officers af the company here said he had been informed only a few days ago that he soon would be permitted to leave the hos- pital, and he was preparing to return to his business when he was felled by the heart attack yesterday. He is survived by the widow Jr., Mackle, all of whom are partners in the business. The sons, who were in Key West at the time of their father’s death, returned immediately to Miami | Funeral services will be held ee ee ee tds ken eA Lip: PETE OPS btn . recently j | has forced a cut of from 10 to 20 and three sons, Frank E. Mackie, ' E J. Mackle and R. Fj Big Cut In Production Needs (By Assécjated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Two/in two weeks unless the coal days of idleness.for the 53,000! miners resume work at once. yed in the so-call- John L. Lewis, president of coal mines, already |... CiQ-affiliated United Mine Workers of America, meanwhile, remain silent in the face of three urgent requests from President | Roosevelt that he send his men back to work. Lewis has declin- ed to make any comment sinte he announced Saturday that a strike would begin that day at midnight. RUMMAGE SALE President Roosevelt has made Auspices K. W. Woman's Club | public two letters in which he >, urged Lewis to beck a return to St. Joseph’s Hall work move, and in his Navy ‘Thomas and Angela Streets Day speech last night he again Benefit Library Building Fund pleaded with labor to do nothing ‘to slow production. i “captive per cent in the production of the vast United States Steril com- pany, a company report issued in Washington said today. | Officials of the firm said their |plants face a complete shutdown | state and 210,900, | raised | county contributions at {with $1,540,000 to be through a bond issue. Pentland explained that the state would have to lease the road | for a figure high enough to per-} mit payment of interest and maturities on a bond i of $5,- 900,000, but he said acceptance of his proposal by the state would! mean a saving of $50,000 a year} maintenance for the road depart- | ment, plus a saving of $14,000! yearly to the bridge district on! }interest payments. | Completion of the highway. it is estimated, will cost in the neigh-! iborhood of $2,750,000. AH OMINNS ENTERS RACE FOR | POLICE JUSTICE RELATES MANY OF HIS AC- COMPLISHMENTS DURING HIS LONG RESIDENCE IN KEY WEST In today’s issue of The C will be the formal an- nouncement of A. H. McInnis for Police Justice in the city election of November 11 Mr. McInnis has been a resident jot Key West for 44 years during which time he has held a num- ber of positions of trust. He was Sheriff of the county during the first World War, and was chief deputy under the late Roland Curry for ten years after his term expired. During this period he gained vaiuable experience in !aw enforcement work under the tutorage of the late Judge Hugh Gunn, W. Hunt Harris and J ing Harris, which he s qualifies him for the office which he seeks. He also served as president of the City Council for a period of two years. This council negotiated and carried to a conclusion the erection of Key West's first tourist hotel, the “Casa Marina,” and dur- ing this period a deal was made with the late E H. Gato for ti purchase of a site for a city park, Bayview Park, which*is as pr as any you will find in Flori result of the council's efforts, and it is there today, a monument to the council that brought it into being. Mr. McInnis also ‘served another two years as secretary of the Key West Board of Trade. He was chairman of the Draft Board during the first World War. and for three years was deputy U. S. Marshal. For,the past four years he has been with the WPA as timekeeper at the women’s sewing room. Mr. McInnis political and pub’ engaged in numerous privat terprises. He owned and operated | the first five and ten cent store | in Key West, and for several years was in the moving picture and! amusement business. He has al ways been an optimist, and was a/ firm believer in the future of Key j West, and he has always been a; booster and a fighter for his city. | He stated toa representative of} The Citizen that his dreams for} Kev West are now being realized. | and that he sticks by the predic-j tions he hes made for many years} that Key West is destined to be} the greatest tourist resort in Florida. H Mr. McInnis feels that he is emi-j} nently qualified to fill tne position of Police Justice, and says that if elected he will make the court a court of justice, and will conduct | the court in a fair, honest and coz- | scientious manner. ! zen found for CONTINUE DOMINO GAME FORT WORTH, Tex—Once a week Hubert Fitch, Walter Lo- gan, Henry Valentino and RP. “‘Tuberville of this.city meet to continue the domino game istarted over twenty years ago, Attack On Roosevelt Following His Navy Day Speech Last Wheeler Says If Presi- deni’s Remarks Are True He Should Ask Congress To Declare War (By Asnociated Press) NEW YORK. Oct. 28.—Axis | Newspapers and official spokes- men today heaped bitter scorn on President Roosevelt in the wake of his fighting Nevy Dey and Total Defense speech last right. Berlin newspapers, particular ly. described the chief executive with such epithets as “criminal, lunatic, fool, while an official spokesman said the speech would have been “downright humorous” if it had mot been for its serious implica- tions. President Roosevelt's reference to two documents which he said proved Adolf Hitler has planned to divide South and Central America into five subject states and abolish religion drew angry retorts from all Berlin sources. Rome newspapers said the speech undoubtedly means Amer- another toward war on the part of United ican conveys and step the Virginio government President's for China was challenge to n; which the Japanese will know how to meet”, Tokyo Silent officials said they had id time to study the speech nd could make no comment. London papers expressed their ure at the Presideritial se of increased aid for the democracies, but official com- ment was left up to Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill; who is expected to answer before the house of commons. Members of a special Argen- tine Congressional committee in- vesiigating Nazi influence in South America said they “ni Stonished” at plans to dis- member their continent, Ger m agents already had dis- while semi-official States, spokesman, said the reference to aid ostentatious liar and faker™,’ were} since | him to wash by Dr. Aaron Shif Senate. Debate Sips Ents ebb de hdd Ae STRAW VOTING 22 AT FIRE STATION =x « ere age at First straw vote for the wilng = = cm election of city offaals was seceme cx — under way today «at Fire ss Station No. 1. All citizens are permitted to vote im the test balloting. rw and a count will be made as 2 Be ot ey Ta TPIILI DLS S po caer VM iL ae Ga = FRED JENSEN American shaps «iuer parts of BEATEN STILL REMAINS SERIOUS. HOWEVER Fred Jensen, 925 Eaton street reraained in a serious condition today, but showing some signs of improvement, after 2 beaumg CASE DEALS WIE seem early Sunday morning by one ACCIDENT DEAT suNDaY more men. Unconscious except for brie AFTERSOOR periods over a period of more than 36 hours. he was understecd today to be gaining a lutte inquest at Teer & Gee strength. He uw under treatment moter accident Geet Seer for internal injuries, believed to gitemeen af Wiliam J ces be caused by kicks. and for se vere laceritions about the head toga) URU. Lahorros mermeg at and face Mario Pena, husky « player and bartender at Joe's", and Herman (Crip) Rob- after Scheer Sa Testes erts, cab driver, are bemg held Long Key tritige = without bond until officers are by Robert Fraser able to determine if Jensen will recover. Pena is said at Shefiff Berlin Sawyer's office to have admitted “slapping” Jensen. vat come Robert Jenkins. negro. charged Scheer and James Same ore with taking a ride in a car grven on frin, was bound over to crimina’ . d such a program. court this morming under $50 OUTDOOR WINDOW. this country, most admin-/|bond on 2 charge of using th istration opponents declined to Property of another AS ACCOMMODATIO® comment at once, but Senator} Paul Sppimenger. negro. was mereniie Burton K. Wheeler, isolationist; bound over ona petty I-cceny (emer ea Pee from Montana, declared |charge under $50 bond ‘or the MEMPHS. ten. Ge wi “If what the President says is| theft of a ham, and Stanley Green. Two banks ip Ghee city m orm true, he ought to ask congress for a declaration of war, not at- tempt to get us in by the back door” “Of course”, he added, knows we are not ready”. RECREATION UNIT TO MEET THURSDAY The City-County Defense Rec- reation Council will hold an open meeting Thursday night, begin- ning at 8 o'clock, st the City Hall, according to.announcement made today by Mrs. Eva Warner, who is actively engaged in cec- reation work at this time. All interested are invited to be in attendance. “he | Court. charged with driving without license was bound over All three appeared im Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaide | : | t VICHY. Unoccupied France. they would Sekt ap the oe Oct. 28—French and German po Uoms for an iniefinine gem lice today cooperated ma huge Oder w gract Beene gull manhunt to round up six killers more tame t) aeesigge Ghee Gem i fl Stil semtenced_ siayers are mot Bunnse = teers Pasiepe Anente == S| a ‘Tight announced: