The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 19, 1941, Page 1

oo co HEARD IN COURT City Hal F Louis Pollock, Duval street gan (Jewelry shop operator, who was e {charged yesterday morning with United Service Organization's ' embezzlement of a $50 watch from recom. | Rufus Cleare, negro, yesterday! afternoon was bound over to; | Square, Raymond Novarene, re-| Felio Henriquez of the Navy. jelub and Neemesio Malgrat of ional director of the Federai! ithe Orange Inn were bound over 3 Security agency, told city and pape Arenberg under $100 4 on charges of setting up and By federal representatives at = city ocrating cotee of cane Julio hall confererce last night. , Cabanas and Juan Pla, accused of }gambling, also were bound over Novarene, speaking after most under $100 bond. of these present had voiced their) William Figula and Charles ‘Biando, charged with grand lar- approval of the USO-sponsored ceny in the alleged theft of $60 directorship, said he would sub- from Nazzareno Troioni were re-, leased by the peace justice this mit his recommendation to his morning on grounds of | insuffi- superiors in Washington for im: cient evidence. “hon ca nconmesaen, » MORE DONATIONS FOR RED CR is believed here, USO-YMCA is} Four more donations, totalling virtually certain to be granted | control of the recreation center, $80, today lifted special gifts to to the American Red Cross here with L. L. Trent, YMCA repre-! ‘to $666.25, Charles Taylor, chair- sentative here, considering ah equally certain. choice to take over its management. Trent, in backing his srpesiee: hon's. for the post, explai jman of the special committee, ed | yl the accaes — a Donations include: vents. to spend Year fF Woodmen of the World —$ 5.00 pacer eager with the money: i Eduardo Gato 25.00 With the center due for comple- pogerces = Pewee 25.00 | tion by Dec. 15, Trent said it would be possibile for his organi- zation to open it for use by Dec.} a. i Thompson Enterprises, Inc. 25.00 Total— $80.00 E J. KERR HAS ARRIVED IN CITY E. J. Kerr, former instructor at the Ocoee (Fla.) Trade school, has arrived here to take over the local defense-education director post held by I. L. Murray, it was an- nounced today. Murray, who set up the defense training courses here last winter. will be transferred at the end of the week to the Pensacola Trade school, where he will be in charge of night classes. He is expected to leave Sunday, after going over j the work here with Kerr. See WPA Delay Novarene previously had ex- pe ned that it would be possible the city to retain control, ob- taining money for maintenance through WPA, but it was point- ed out that it might take from six to eight weeks to get funds from the relief agency. American Legion Commander Albert J. Mills, who said he had understood the deed for the Property's transfer to the federal government contained a clause for ‘its reversion to the city, de- clared he would favor the city operation plan. “Possession is nine-tenths of ; the law”, Millis said, “and if } there is no’ provision ‘tor the ‘Continued On Page Four) German Forces Said To Be Ready For Offensive ap | (By Assoriated Prees) NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—En-, Ten thousand Russians gaged in what they termed the (been captured in a “final” stages of the battle for battle near Kalinin, the Crimean peninsula, Ger- command said, and 17 many’s mechanized legions today have been destroyed in the same three-day the gh were, reported in Berlin to be engagement. ready for a new offensive into Moscow said Bombed the oil-rich Caucausus. Hitler’s Luftwaffe was re- Adolf Hitler's high command Ported in action during the said the Crimean campaign now Might, carrying out heavy raids 3s almost in the “mopping up” stage, and promsed Russia new troubles within a few days: when the Nazi armies are feady to stage their next offensive: Berlin claimed victories .on two more fronts: at the--same time, declaring that powerful grad, but Moscow serious damage Red troops, meanwhile, were admitted in the Red capital to be under heavy fire near Kalinin, but a commnique said repeated jean attacks in that sector forces are sweeping ahead in an|had been hurled back across the offensive near Kalinin, on the upper Teaches of the Volga. Moscow front, and into the) Moscow eagtioenvag German i { Rostov. | gains in the Donetz basin, but pees Meee insisted the Nazis had advanced only at 2 disproportionate loss of life. e Germans, although gaining Richard Arlen Hts Andy Devine! ee of Rostov on Don. had {failed to reach the city and were LUCKY ‘DEVIL j being driven back in that area} Also: NEWS and SERIAL |by Marshal Semeon Timoshen- eee | X0's southern armies denied any ed remember him by—particular- Into Oil-Rich Caucausus : have 4 1 Red tanks (5 against both Moscow and Lenin-' Che Key West Citizen — THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1941 Meet U.S. Army’s First Selectee---A Year Afte ‘8 TSE U..S..A. lf He Had His prekec He’Druther Not Be There By FRANK CAREY j ‘AP Feature Service FORT DEVENS, Miss., Nov. 19.| i —The first man to be inducted} into the nation’s training forces | just a year ago yesterday has no! thankering to be a general. He} wants to don his civies again and/ become a commercial artist. | “Tm a civilian at heart”, says! Private. First Class John Ed-; jward Lawton, 22, of Everett; lessons, | Pm exactly! cut out for it, and I don’t think ‘Yd want it as a lifetime job”. The slender, dark-haired youth who theoretically was the initial building stone for the first peace- time selective service army in the history of the United States, says his year in camp “hasn't been a bad experience at all”. And how does he - feel the war? “T don’t want to get in it”, he said quietly, “but who the heck ly. the major on whose trousers does?” Lawton spilied a ss of milk. Lawton was.one of the first He * major to volunteer to take a year of | while a waiter in the Service immediately. When the officers’ quarters. | time came for mustering the Au * I d assistant sign b parey the matter of New | painter time his country ngland time. and the physical called d a fair hand at “tanking” of four candidates | sketching oil _ painting, pag” of him made Lawion Lawton is left his mark at the first man in the country to the fort e form of neat, free- be accepted. His experiences at Devens have been varied, and when the time comgs for him to leave (that’s up to Uncle Sami), he willjha 'sol- have given the Army something | diering”. you look ura @ sol- dier only as one who-téves“@:-tifie; Lee Couaty Halts lndaction Until Roosevelt Takes Stand On Terminating Mine Strike (By Associated Pr FORT MYERS, Nov. 19.— Lee county's selective serv- ice board wiil induct no more men into the United States Army until President Roose- velt takes action to end the CIO Mine Workers’ strike. members of the board voted today. The board sent official no- tice to Washington that it is unwilling to order the coun- ty’s youths into the army when men ir one of the na- tion’s most vital defense in- dustries refused to work. sents lai action to d he urged union s dissolution. MINERS CLAIM AID FROM INDEPENDENTS they are gaining independent in West Vir- (By Associated Pres) DETROIT, Nov. 19.—P Murray, president of the drew tumul applau: x union delegates assem s of the cap- woday as he de- FBI took a hand g the morning, t a Uniontown, believed to Vot even a national emerg- ency may stop tne great work of e organization of labor”. pporting the stand John L. Lewis, whose CIO- iliated United Mine Workers Fi een pickets and eir third day of a strike r ) return to work against captive mine owner: scorned the efforts of gover mediation agencies to bi about a settlemert of the strike. The National Mediation Board, he declared, no longer repre- kets and non- 0 How About A... THANKSGIVING LUMBER UNION MEN READY FOR STRIKE VOTE (By Associated Press) ; 4 > 4 > + : 4 , TURKEY DINNER 4). SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 19— { a of the AF.ofL. Lumber; >with all the trimmings ¢ pare an ciel eee from ‘p > FOR ONLY | headquarters for a strike vote , 85c 4 poor Bewees companies in the |? 4 get unc area. > 4) When the vote will be taken | 4 * | was not announced, but the; union men are demanding an in- 4 NORTH BEACH | crease in wages. + COFFEE SHOP ; > ] HAIR COLLECTOR . 2) aoe " _ {| _PITTSBURGH—As ‘a hobby, > Petronia and Pearl Streets 4) > qj lects locks o: f hair from everyone who will donate to his collection. . Private First Class John Edward Lawton In United. States-Tokyo Situation All Have Derect Bearmg On Prebable War ie Far East Cames Great Specuianes Prograit Completed For - Inauguration Ceremonies At Gy Hil Tonight =- | The inauguration for the |city officials will take place to- 'night, beginning at 8 o'clock, in {the auditorium of the City Hall, jand it is-expected that there will tbe a large crowd in attendance }to witness the induction of the S tanerenene SEW YORE. See Seen wir Gwec peemag of pennies ste Fes Lame aghuninc spaciay meer = ae ferec sels oe Ge a Pee ot 5 secre = Seeee Cordell Hulianc Toxps Eee new Seburs Korum conus = ; Various Officials into office who oo ~_ <2 will take up the reigns of the new administration. es The meeting will be opened the | meas a ay marches to martial music and | ¥ith 4 prayer by Rev. Shortes of Soa He actus tac Se takes part in war game maneu- the Assembly of God Church, — vers. He has had only a total of 20 week's training in the manual cf arms, and close order drills, and at first found that the or- ders of the officers fairly “rat- tle your bones”. In that time he had training in rifle-shoot- ing. holding a gas mask. hik- ing. and handling riots. mber of a head- after which a temporary chair- man will be selected to start off the session. first procedure will be the walking in of the ,old council-/ men, who will take their seats} to conclude the last business be- | fore retirement, which will be foliowed by the mew councilmen } company not ng the council chambers! # 4 =] specifica ed to combat preparatory to being sworn in. | Gon. Maxime Weygand work, duties have ranged Joe Aller, notary pubiic, will! HIS BEMOVAL FREOUENT- from waiting-on-table and ‘act as “swearing in” officer dur- | LY REQUESTED by Germmen “(Continued on Page Fourh i +5 the | officials, Gen “Maxims Wey 4 proceedings. -—— | All appointive officers will be; 9224 commander of French voted on, and following this,, S*@iles in Africa, today was CRIMINAL COURT Si ctcsiedt Stes) Seem mee as well as ali officers and em-| Bed leaders sew the move as STILL IN § ployes-who are to be connected} SBother Wichy appeasement to with the new administration. | Germany. The meeting, which will be} presided over by William A} Freeman, who has been returned? to oifice as president of the council, will begin promptly at 6 o'clock. SEVERAL CASES HANDLED DURING DAY; FINES ARE IMPOSED ae Key West today wes preparing for its second and lat “double Thanksgivnig” with federal employes due to get theirs t- morrow and most other ‘esi dents of the city waiting next Thursday, the celebration ee MARTHA WATSON PRAISED “ate decreed by Gov. Spessrad nd guilty and sen- L. Holland for this state. a fine of $50 and BY SAVANNAH CRITICS ON Postoffice employes, all civil- WORK EXHIBITED ian employes of the navy yard court of record driv- Oo pleaded not and members of the armed serv guilt idden to drive ices will celebrate the “third ear, as Judge Albury re- Thursday” date decreed ieee | Savannah art critics this" week | President Romaeelt ” Sibila this morn-; Praised the vork of Martha and costs on a {| Watson, Key West ‘and Province- without a li-jtown artist, whose paintings Weaver w: form a colorful “one-man exhi- driving with im-}bditien” at the Georgia metropo- lis’ Telfair Academy of Arts and eee Sciences. The exhibition, which opened ANNOUNCE DEATH | Nev. 3, will close tomorrow. OF ALBERT PACK}| Miss Watson, who has made jber home in this city for a num- The President. in proclaxning the carly Thanksgiving this year. ennounced it would return to the traditional date nex: Year proper lights. Vichy Government And Nazis 2gram was received in the iber of years, selected for the © announcing the {from Key West, Savannah and of Albert Pack, steel | Provincetown, the local paint- ——— mm that city. He j|ings depicting Fleming Studio, a RY Nee neice Femme Key West Lane and a Key West LONDON. Nov. 19—Full col- | Hitler's goverment, aul Gee Seat place in | Street. laboration between the Vichy gov- ewdetT mpentetiy ieee coped | A Savannah Evening News ,, . = Mr. Pack was a great angk critic declared: \F een. a visitor in Key; “Miss Watson paints like an scnce af Genera Gergant winter seasons for |impressionist, with keen interest ay on the heels of reports that | in Atrics is I nteen years. Mr. fin the rendering of light and all Gen. Maxime Weygand, French | | gente ae Ster! nad jonied him on many |the variations of. color 9 of the angling jaunts aboard the |by its vibrations. Her pain’ yacht Chiefta give a swift vivid impression of | observers never He was well-known in Key ;rediant color everywhere, no (Si oe ~— se “SS among charter boat fisher- matter hi Bie sven”. | Brench of and many other residents tad _ Areai- carina Ie bap arena Mich ; Roosevelt All Day Tomorrow TURKEY with all its Trimmings 7 AAAAAAAAARAEA g 5 www wv rrr rere in