The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 14, 1941, Page 1

Yili Raise ao snemaencer vert No Information Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1941 iran Rove! Pogeevelt To. Sigh Revise (By Associated Press) i i, Nov. 14—Destruc- | Neutrality ROOSEVELT IS soso ue rain toons’ QUESTIONED ON today: by the admiralty. : In @ terse bulletin, the’ admiir-” pedoed and sunk by a Usdatl No information as to where! the Ark Royal went down or the | mumber of casualties was re-/ vealed. } Claimed by che Axis powers! to have been Gestroyed or put out of action on four previous occasions, the carrier had taken part in the capture of a German few months ago. Recently, she was taken to Norfolk for re- pairs. Germany first claimed to have sunk the Ark Royal in the early months later made 8 R ship in the , «Continued on Page Six) PIO IADE Hs JAPAN ' CRISIS = MEASURE WILL NOT RE- SULT WITH ANY CONFLICT WITH NIPPONESE (By Associated Prexs) WASHINGTON, Nov. 14— President Roosevelt, asked if he believed war with Japan might result from revision of the neu- trality act by the house yester- day, declared this morning that he sincerely trusts not. The chief executive said he hopes relations with Japan will be kept on a friendly basis, but he declined to make any defin- ite statement on the condition of present relations. Asked if he expected to talk with Saburu Karusu, Japanese envoy who is en route to Wash- ‘ington for a series of “peace ‘talks’; President Roosevelt said he had made no plans for any conversations. He added that he presumed Karusu would foliow the usual Siplomatic practice by making his first call on Secretary of State Cordell Hull AILING; FINDS NECK BROKEN VIDALIA, Ga—Three months ago Dan Mercer, farmer, fell from his wagon and broke his arm. He had the arm set and it healed but Mercer continued to feel badly. An X-ray photograph Tevezied that he had been suf- fering with a broken neck for three months without knowing it. Nine Hundred U.S. Marines in China 14 (Ry Axsoctated Pre==) WASHINGTON. Nov. 14—Nine hundred United States Marines in China will be withdrawn, Presi- dent Roosevelt told his press con- ference this morning. t “Reading a state department an- nouncement that the men were to be removed from Peiping, Kings- ; ton and Shanghai, the President declined to add to his statement and warned against speculation on the basis of his action. There was no indication of how soon the mafines will leave China, or where they will be sent. When he first mentioned, the; possibility of removing the ma-) Tines last week, the President told ; reporters the action would come; only if it were feared that hostili- | ties in the Far East might break | out. He pointed out ‘at that time! that the men would be at the} mercy of the Japanese should 2) war start. } Brady’s (Live) Poultry and Egg Market ‘SOFT-BONE ROASTERS ROASTERS — FRYERS STRICTLY FRESH EGGS Place Your Order Now for Tennessee Milk Fed for your Thanksgiving Dinner {i m2 16:30 p. m. to 9:30 daily, ex |Saturday and | Valdes urges al! ali i ‘PRESCRIPTIONS j €Expertly Compounded With aS BUS ns ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES TO REOPEN Mrs. Leonor Valdes announces that the WPA Adult Education Classes will reopen at San Car- los building on Monday. These classes are of benefit to those aliens who wish to become U. S. citizens, and also for those who wish te acquire literacy. Classes will be taken up from Sunday. these classes, and | Bill On Monday BULLETIN | (By Associated Press) i LONDON, Nov. 14.— | in conjunction, have de- | stroyed a “large numiber” | of German U-boats~ and 1 surface ships in a surprise | No details of the attack | were released. 1 (My Axseciated Prec: WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. —President Roosevelt, jubi- lant over his administration’s house victory yesterday in the fight for neutrality act revision, is expected to sign Monday the bill which will permit armed American mer- ° chantmen to sail into any waters on the globe. Navy department leaders were preparing for immediate action as soon as the 212-to-194 vote for re- vision had been announced. Word of the vote, flashed around the world a few minutes after the house roll call had been completed, brought warning: of dire things to come from all of the three Axis capitals, but the na- tions warring against Adolf Hitler voiced pleasure and relief. The London Evening News voiced the general feeling of the British with the statement that the house vote was one of the “great decisions of the war,” and Canadian Primg Minister Mac- Kenzie King declared that Amer- ica’s action “has sealed the doom of the Axis.” ‘ Less Would Aid Japs Chinese leaders said failure of the house to approve the revision would have been of important gid to Japanese militarists, and would greatly have strengthened the hand of Saburu Karusu, spe- cial Japanese envoy now on his way to the United States. ' ' A Berlin spokesman, voicing the apparently general attitude of the Nazi government, declared: “The next few days will prove on what a dangerous course the United States has embarked.” The spokesman charged Presi- dent Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull duped congress with false reports.on the sinking of American ships by U-boats and? repeated the German threat that vessels carrying goods to Britain will be sunk on sight. Home Comment Varies Wendell L. Willkie, Republi leader and former president candidate, expressed pleasure at the house action, but he blamed “negligence and muddling.” on the part of the administration for the close vote. Wi said the President’s - failure to take action in the strike Situation had caused many house members to endanger this coun- (Continued on Page Si Judge. Albury Draws Jury < Coming Criminal Court Term = | Faced with one of the heaviest H dockets. on record here, Judge William V. Albury of the county criminal court of record this morning drew 75 ‘names for jury duty and announced he would Freshest, Purest Ingredients QUICK DELIVERY Gardner’s Pharmacy “The Rexall Store” is ended. | For Defendants in traffic cases have | been put at the head of the docket | for trial next week, with other| cases scheduled to come as soon as those trials have been completed Citizens called for jury duty} this morning are Benito Molina, | jJr.. Felipe Marrera, Charles F | Forsythe, E. W. Sawyer, Herman/ |. Bethel, Jose Gonzalez, Edison ; j Knowles, Joseph Boza. Norman | Baker. Charles Bethel Filer, Ches- Two American Newspaper Writers Also Passen- gers; Was Enroute To Teheran (By Associated Pre<s) . Nov. 4—A framsport plane bearing three important Allied officials and two American newspaper writ- ers has been overdue in Teheran Since Wednesday, the Soviet embassy here was informed to- day. Passengers aboard the missing airliner, which started on its journey from laeveskaya Tuesday, include Lawrence Siein- olds, corres Weekly, an: newspaper co! Collier’s e Mote, a nit. ih official for and Thursday. IIA Sa OS aa Ss U. S. MINTS ARE WORKING OVERTIME (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 14— Do the coins in your pocket fall short of your demands? Then you're in the same beat as the United States mints at Philadelphia. Den- ver and San Francisco. Business is so good the mints are working 24 hours 2a day. seven days a week to pound out 1.151,575,000 Amer- months this year. Coin cir- culation is up from $604,- 000,000 to $6399,000,000 in the last yeer. © [Plane With: Important Allied Officials On — Board Long Overdu | AMERICAN GUIDE WEEK OBSERVANCE ENDS ON SUNDAY IN CELEBRATION OF FORTY- ~ EIGHT GUIDE BOOKS WRIT- TEN BY WPA PROJECT WRITERS (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 14— Howard O. Hunter, national WPA commissioner, yesterday an- nounced the nationwide observ; ance November 10-16, to celebrate the completion of the 48 state guide books which were written by the WPA Writers Projects. There are 51 books in the se- . Fise. one for each state, and others for the District of Colum- Alaska. The Oklahoma commissioner, that, “The publi- cation of the final state guide in the continuing WPA American and the observance by publishers and booksellers of the week of November tenth to as A ican Guide yy Week, afford me opportunity y to_commend this splendidly written. and illustrated series of books about the United States to the attention of readers not yet familiar with them. “Through; these «guides, citi zens and visitors to our country naw have at their finger-tips for the first time in our history a series of volumes that ably illus- trate our national way of life. yet at the sam=> time portray the variants in local patterns of liv- ing and regional development. “Ht isa tribute to energy and resourcefulness that the WPA writers’ program, with the aid of private citizens and Fublic bodies, and the use of the skills of unemployed writers and research workers, could have planned and brought to earl; completion a guide to each state. principal city, end major region, including the far-flung territor- ies of Alaska and Puerto Rico. “Several volumes of the Amer- ican Guide Series are among the books in the White House TDD LAS DIELS: Continued On Pa- Four Smashing Assaulis On Nazis: Reported All Along. Fron (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 14—Russia’s armies—not d weather—ac- count for th Red ass. down the f Red troops, it v broken of Moscow. Adolf Hitler making little except in the Cr that bad weather before Moscow has slowed the battle there. RAF Weather-Bound Weather came in for more com- ment in London, where the air ministry admitted British planes have not raided Germany in four - i days. Explaining that it is impossible for the RAF to bomb the continent every night, the air ministry re- port said British planes have been l held inactive 40 nights simce the large-scale attacks began this Spring. Heavy fogs over British aiddromes wefe described as the principal reason for inaction, along with storms over the con- tinent. loss of 37 bombers in a raid the night of Nov. 7, declaring that a Storm over the continent account- fed for most of the casualties.) Berlin made no specifie claims | of advances in the Crimea yester- day, but it was reported that the Soviet port of Kerch is under bom- | BUSINESS PLACES AND ALSO of American Guide Week" § American | i i Key West. Fiornda. Ses = most eguabie cimmaie mI country; with am sveraer range of onty 14 Fahrenter i ee RED CROSS ROLL cece | DRL Aas a > CAUSE iN TAKING OUT No Loss Of Life Reported; | FWIS BACKED td MEMBERSHIP _ prac- cjals Checking D: . tically every rv store in Key en beige ae ee er (My Ameocinted Pree PRESIDENT OF ORCAREZA s windows) LOS ANGELES. Cslii, Sor. Ton TO LAT CASE PoE STRIKE SEFORE PEESIDEST Red 14—Los Angeles and Founding country shuddirec las Right in the grip of ome of the most severe earthquakes of Te = window displays this past week hat of the Store of Fashion, ich featured aurses the organization in regulation field uniforms. Strikingly effective is the current dis- play at the Southernm ost Fiower Shop. Here two large windows are decorated with Red Cross RED CROSS #25. < materials and flowers. At night, with spotlights focused and the shop interior serving as an artistic backdrop, the picture is arresting enough to entitle the proprietors of the 4 (Continued on Page Six) of SIDIDIIOGEL wire 10 extmate the sets) FLORIDA PROPERTY (Se 8 = S= wm + ae VALUATIONS CLIMB ‘>=*+ ste complete. coal mines befone (Be Aawocivted Pree} TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 14. |. — Florids’s assessed i valuation of property climb- | | ed beyond $1,500,000000 | OOOO Oe. | with six counties yet to be } Bs — sl | heard from, according to fig- | LAKELAND. i ures released last week-end Pree ay eae | om tex rolls approved by the ida wes revesled today by os | State Comptrolier's office. john L. Peters. Lakeland renal ; The roll for the 61 coun- purchasing agent fer FSCC we gu now stands at $1.570,533,023, | Sdministration. «aan ad ogaingt SOMAELITS 2 yer | 55 setet Guten’ s ailen a recipe a Ge tl : is Ganon chmet aieee ae te TIT IDLI ISRO L OSS aon oe - wins manets oo = 2 Sttie THe : eres Ta ets ame, hee Gockel See alt Favorable Court Decision 9 === === == wth = i V id . f wes whch own te memes On Validation of Aqueduct “=== } mE Otmeteets Bonds Expected Favorable supreme court ac- Sion today om the validation of | $1,750,000 in Fiorida Keys Aque- duct commission bonds should |tlesr the way for en almost; immediate start on aquéeduct con- struction, Lieut. Comdr. Henry L. Neff. navy station public re- With aqueduct Attorney 5S. Pierre Robineaa before the su-j Preme court this morning in a itest of Judge Arthur Gomez’ circuit court action validating the bonds, a favorable decision {~~ ———_"*———-——-— oe eee = George Worley, state's attor-; ney, entered the appeal against | Judge Gomez’ decision in order te comply with the reguirement | of Reconstruction. Finance Caor- | poration that #supteme courl Ge- | icision be rendered before the | money “becomes aVatilablle.. F is formality. and ; (Continued on Page Six) a } DUETOA > > > >